2000 Population:
19,923 County Seat: Monticello
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Wayne county, the 43rd in order of
formation, was established in 1800, out of parts of Pulaski and
Cumberland counties, and named after Gen. Wayne, familiarly called
"Mad Anthony" Wayne. It is situated in the S.E. middle portion of the state;
is watered by the Cumberland river and its tributaries, the South fork
passing entirely through the county, from the S. in a direction a little
W. of N.; and is bounded N. by Pulaski, E. by Whitley, S. by the state
line of Tennessee (and the counties of Fentress an Scott, beyond), and
W. and N.W. by Clinton and Russell counties; the Cumberland river forms
most
of the northern boundary line. Much of the surface of the county is broken
with hills; but the valley lands are fertile and productive, the soil very
generally based upon limestone. No county in the state is so favored as
this by an equal distribution of farming an mineral land. The principal
exports of the county are horses, mules, cattle, and hogs. |
