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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 113,329 and in 2006 the population was estimated at 113,847.[1] It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Goldsboro and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
History
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Prior to 1730, Native Americans were the only known occupants of the territory now known as Wayne county. Settlers trickled into the territory, but there was no general movement of immigration until after 1750. Wayne County was established on November 2, 1779 from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The act, establishing the County, provided the first court should be held at the home of Josiah Sasser at which time the justices were to decide on a place for all subsequent courts until a courthouse could be erected. By 1782 the commissioners were named. In 1787 an act was passed establishing Waynesborough on the west side of the Neuse River on the land of Doctor Andrew Bass where the courthouse now stands.[2]
In 1855 parts of Wayne County, Edgecombe County, Johnston County, and Nash County were combined to form Wilson County.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1779 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1780 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1782 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1790 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1913 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 6,133
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| 1800 | 6,772
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| 1810 | 8,687
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| 1820 | 9,040
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| 1830 | 10,331
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| 1840 | 10,891
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| 1850 | 13,486
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| 1860 | 14,905
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| 1870 | 18,144
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| 1880 | 24,951
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| 1890 | 26,100
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| 1900 | 31,356
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| 1910 | 35,698
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| 1920 | 43,640
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| 1930 | 53,013
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| 1940 | 58,328
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| 1950 | 64,267
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| 1960 | 82,059
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| 1970 | 85,408
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| 1980 | 97,054
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| 1990 | 104,666
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Research Tips
External links
www.waynegov.com
Wayne County. Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811. North Carolina Historical Review VI
History of Wayne county. Address by Judge Frank A. Daniels, at opening of Wayne county's new court house, November 30, 1914. Exercises incident to the occasion
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