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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Wayne County, Ill.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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font-family:garamond,serif;">Wayne County information, links, and neighbors</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Wayne County information:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Named for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#763.00.90">Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Population: <b>16,179</b> (2020); <b>16,760</b> (2010); <b>17,151</b> (2000); <b>17,241</b> (1990)</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Land area <b>714</b> square miles.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  County seat: <b>Fairfield</b></td></tr> </table> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Links:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_Illinois">Wikipedia article on Wayne County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="https://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/illinois/counties/wayne">Wayne County Courthouse images</a> from postcards at <a href="https://courthousehistory.com/">CourthouseHistory.com</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="https://ciclt.net/sn/clt/capitolimpact//gw_countydet.aspx?FIPS=17191&stfips=17&state=il&stname=Illinois">Capital Impact: Wayne County</a> -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/index.htm">Wayne County ILGenWeb page</a> -- genealogical, historical information and queries<br>(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the <a href="https://www.usgenweb.org/">USGenWeb national site</a>).</td></tr> </table> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Neighboring areas:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  North: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CY.html">Clay County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Northeast: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RL.html">Richland County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  East: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW.html">Edwards County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Southeast: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WT.html">White County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Southwest: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HM.html">Hamilton County</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JF.html">Jefferson County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Northwest: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR.html">Marion County</a></td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>What is a "political graveyard"?</b> See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. 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