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Wayne County, Missouri

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3historic places

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1819formed

10,974pop. 2020

114cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1985. Most listings are in or near Patterson, Greenville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Missouri is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Wayne titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Fort Benton	Patterson	Structure	2002
Old Greenville (23WE637)	Greenville	Site	1990
Sam A. Baker State Park Historic District	Patterson	District	1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wayne was formed in 1819 (1819-02-01) from Cape Girardeau, Lawrence, New Madrid.

WAYNE created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, LAWRENCE (original), and NEW MADRID.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wayne County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,443	3,403	5,629	9,096	15,309	13,012	12,794	10,514	8,638	11,277	13,259	10,974

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

114 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 114 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anderson Cemetery	37.22208	-90.71296
Antioch Cemetery	37.25139	-90.45399
Bennett Cemetery	37.16616	-90.46205
Bennett Cemetery	37.24667	-90.4238
Berry Cemetery	37.09323	-90.38095
Bethel Cemetery	36.99479	-90.40113
Boals Cemetery	None	None
Bollinger Cemetery	37.11838	-90.50094
Bowles Cemetery	37.08508	-90.71652
Burch Cemetery	None	None
Center Ridge Cemetery	37.00557	-90.38133
Chaonia Cemetery	36.97041	-90.34596
Chilton Cemetery	37.29165	-90.5266
Clark Cemetery	37.12993	-90.38745
Clay Cemetery	37.09291	-90.6827
Cool Spring Cemetery	36.99588	-90.46591
Cowan Cemetery	37.17283	-90.22758
Dalton Cemetery	None	None
Davidson Cemetery	37.0078	-90.49788
Davis Cemetery	None	None
De Celis Cemetery	37.05854	-90.24328
Dees Cemetery	37.05028	-90.54792
Diesel - Moore Cemetery	37.23648	-90.70942
Dixon - Sutton Cemetery	37.30287	-90.37452
Duncan Cemetery	37.06191	-90.57906
Eads Creek Cemetery	37.02983	-90.6195
Eaton Cemetery	37.19858	-90.64495
English Cemetery	37.20937	-90.56465
Estes Cemetery	37.02421	-90.44455
Flatwoods Cemetery	None	None
Flinn Cemetery	37.10421	-90.43038
Garrison Cemetery	37.04255	-90.42677
Gentry Cemetery	37.08393	-90.53372
Glover Graveyard	None	None
Graham Cemetery	37.2315	-90.32104
Green Cemetery	37.08977	-90.52011
Green Hill Cemetery	37.08732	-90.543
Greenville Cemetery	37.12421	-90.449
Harmon Cemetery	None	None
Helm Cemetery	37.03406	-90.28493
Henson Cemetery	37.04262	-90.53728
Hickman Cemetery	37.10907	-90.45003
Hickory Grove Cemetery	None	None
Holliday Cemetery	36.98205	-90.55055
Hunter Cemetery	37.30643	-90.51598
Ivy Cemetery	37.2515	-90.22047
Jones Cemetery	37.01813	-90.28954
Jones Cemetery	37.06212	-90.43817
Jones Cemetery	37.16335	-90.58343
Julian Cemetery	37.12635	-90.57408
Kelley Cemetery	37.09889	-90.65015
Kelly Cemetery	36.93465	-90.27451
Kirk Cemetery	37.0528	-90.39935
Kite Cemetery	37.05588	-90.42788
Lapka Cemetery	37.11394	-90.3961
Leeper Cemetery	37.06871	-90.69017
Lewis Cemetery	37.26032	-90.45031
Liberty Hill Cemetery	37.1081	-90.51705
Linville - Barrett Cemetery	37.30942	-90.40349
Little Brushy Cemetery	None	None
Lowndes Cemetery	37.22699	-90.26372
Manning Cemetery	None	None
McGinnis Graveyard	None	None
Meadors Cemetery	37.10873	-90.57051
Melger Graveyard	None	None
Mill Creek Cemetery	37.05193	-90.64861
Miller Creek Cemetery	36.9456	-90.54066
Morris Cemetery	37.31335	-90.52199
Nichols Cemetery	37.30983	-90.52899
Oak Grove Cemetery	37.06532	-90.42316
Old Greenville Cemetery	37.10159	-90.45841
Oliver Cemetery	None	None
Page Cemetery	37.01393	-90.39538
Patterson Cemetery	None	None
Paullus Cemetery	37.30171	-90.414
Pigg Cemetery	37.08578	-90.61174
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	37.0831	-90.47261
Richmann Cemetery	37.03862	-90.24798
Rings Creek Cemetery	37.17874	-90.57895
Risby Cemetery	37.05157	-90.5391

Historical populated places — 8 of 8

Name	Lat	Lon
Barlow	37.01394	-90.61401
Chaonia	36.982	-90.35122
Chilton	37.06811	-90.75179
Ferrys	36.93894	-90.28816
Head Ford	37.30616	-90.46595
Kerrigan	37.00561	-90.60873
Old Greenville	37.10089	-90.45484
Taskee Station	36.99255	-90.45039

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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