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Wayne County, Michigan




  State Michigan
  Seal Waynegif
  Map Size 225
  Founded August 15 , 1796 {Link without Title}
  Seat Detroit
  Area Mi 672
  Area Km 1,741
  Area Land Mi 614
  Area Land Km 1,591
  Area Water Mi 58
  Area Water Km 150
  Area Percentage 864%
  Census Yr 2000
  Pop 2,061,162
  Density Km 1,296
  Density Mi 3,356
  Web wwwwaynecountycom


  1900 348793
  1910 531591
  1920 1177645
  1930 1888946
  1940 2015623
  1950 2435235
  1960 2666297
  1970 2666751
  1980 2337891
  1990 2111687
  2000 2061162
  estyear 2006
  estimate 1971853


  {{cite Book Title Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan together with Reports of County Pioneer Societies, Vol VIII url = http://memorylocgov/cgi-bin/query/rammem/lhbumbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(lhbum+5298a)): accessdate = 2006-10-15 origyear=1886 year = 1907 edition=second edition publisher = Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford location = Lansing, Mich pages = pp 496-497 chapter = Proclamation by Winthrop Sargent chapterurl = http://memorylocgov/cgi-bin/ampagecollId=lhbum&fileName=5298a/lhbum5298adb&recNum=511&itemLink=rammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum5298adiv236))%235298a0512&linkText=1
  On "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/January_14" class="copylinks">January 14 , 1803 , the Governor of Indiana Territory , William Henry Harrison , issued a similar proclamation defining the boundaries as beginning at a point where an east and west line passing through the southernmost extreme of Lake Michigan would intersect a north and south line, passing through the westernmost extreme of the lake, then north to the territorial boundary, then along said boundary line to a point where an east and west line passing through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan would intersect the same, then along this last mentioned line to the place of beginning This boundary would include Chicago , Illinois and a sizable strip of Wisconsin along Lake Michigan {{cite book title = Collections of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan together with Reports of County Pioneer Societies, Vol VIII url = http://memorylocgov/cgi-bin/query/rammem/lhbumbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(lhbum+5298a)): accessdate = 2006-10-15 origyear=1886 year = 1907 edition=second edition publisher = Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford location = Lansing, Mich pages = pp 540-542 chapter = Proclamation by Governor Harrison chapterurl = http://memorylocgov/cgi-bin/ampagecollId=lhbum&fileName=5298a/lhbum5298adb&recNum=555&itemLink=r%3Fammem%2Flhbum%3A%40field%28DOCID%2B%40lit%28lhbum5298adiv3%29%29%235298a0009&linkText=1