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Wayne County is divided into 15 Civil Townships as follows: Abington, Boston,
Center, Clay, Dalton, Franklin, Green, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, New
Garden, Perry, Washington, Wayne and Webster.
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Wayne County was organized under an act of the Legislature of November 27,
1810, made effective February 1, 1811.
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Richmond wasn't always the County Seat.
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The first County Seat was located at Salisbury.
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By a Legislative act Centerville became the County Seat December 21, 1816.
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The removal of the County Seat from Centerville to Richmond occurred August
15, 1873, terminating the longest (more than 50 years) and bitterest County
Seat war in Indiana.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1825.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Wayne County start with the prefix
89 because it is the eighty-ninth county in alphabetical listing.
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