Gazetteer/Almanac
WAYNE COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Georgia, with Altamaha river on the north. Area, 900 square miles. Seat of justice, Wayne c. h. Pop. in 1810, 676; in 1820, 1,010; in 1830, 963; in 1840 1,258; in 1850, 1,499. (Fanning's, 1853)