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About Wayne County
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,333. Its county seat is Goldsboro, and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Wayne County at a glance
- County seat
- Goldsboro
- Population
- 117,333 (2020)
- Land area
- 557 sq mi
- Founded
- 1779
Communities
Largest communities in Wayne County
- Goldsboro county seat33,657
- Goldsboro Township20,761
- Brogden Township19,764
- New Hope Township16,094
- Stoney Creek Township16,050
History of Wayne County
Prior to 1730, Native Americans were the only known occupants of the territory now known as Wayne County. Settlers trickled into the territory, occupying land along the Neuse River. There was no general migration here until after 1750; as populations built up in the coastal areas, some settlers moved west for land. Wayne County was established during the American Revolutionary War on November 2, 1779, from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne, a general in the war. The act establishing the county provided that 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 Andrew Bass.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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