Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the actual population of Wayne County when the Census's started? How they grew each census? I have been reading the Buggar Saga and another book called If the Legends Fade about an Indian Girl that traveled back from the Indian Nations to Lauderdale County. In both books it sounds like they were pretty bustling communities. (and a lot of mean folks too!) Thanks LaRinda Middleton

In 1900, Wayne County had 12936 people living there. In 1990, there were 13864 people. Before 1900, I can only find the number of heads of household for 1820-1850. 1820: 245 1830: 923 1840: 499 1850: 2593 Maybe someone else knows why the population dropped between 1830 and 1840. Was there a redrawing of county lines? Lewis County was formed using a part of Wayne County, but that wasn't until 1843. Heather --- [email protected] wrote: > Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the actual population > of Wayne County > when the Census's started? How they grew each census? I have > been reading the > Buggar Saga and another book called If the Legends Fade about > an Indian Girl > that traveled back from the Indian Nations to Lauderdale > County. In both > books it sounds like they were pretty bustling communities. > (and a lot of > mean folks too!) > Thanks > LaRinda Middleton > > > ==== TNWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page > at > http://www.netease.net/wayne > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

Here's what I've got on the population of Wayne County. 1820 - 2459 1830 - 6013 1840 - 7705 1850 - don't have figures but census bureau wrong because of missing pages from population schedule. 1860 - don't have figures 1870 - 10,187 1880 - don't have 1890 - don't have 1900 - don't have 1910 - have but can't find 1920 - have but can't find 1930 - have but can't find 1940 - don't have 1950 - have but can't find 1960 - have but can't find 1970 - 12,365 1980 - 13,946 1990 - 13,935 2000 - don't have Wayne County's population has been fairly stable since the 1880's. I seem to remember the 1920 figure was around 12,000. The same for 1930. There was a massive exodus of people from the county to Indiana, Ohio and Michigan in the late 30's and 40's. Some of those families have started to return to Wayne County as they retire, thus boosting the population in 2000. I seem to remember seeing a figure of 15,000+, but can't be certain. I've got it somewhere but it would take a week or two to find it, and it is on-line somewhere. There were also large emigrations of people in the 1850-55 period (taking advantage of the Bounty Land Acts of 1850, 1851 amendment, and 1855.) and again in 1867 and 1876. The last two, however, had to do with the Civil War and the resulting lawlessness in the area. Wayne County in the decade prior to the Civil War was a county on the move. With vast natural resources: timber, iron, other minerals and the leather industry, industrialization was making inroads. The people were excited about the railroad coming through (proposed in 1857 but never built). But the Civil War ended that. Most mills and furnaces were either destroyed or were in disrepair. Money was scarce. And those with capitol for investment prior to the war had lost most if not all of it during the war. It isn't until the 1880's that the area sees a moderate rebound, but no way near the 1850 decade. The big boost came in the late 1890's when Allen's Creek was in operation, and between 1910 and 1920 when the Tennessee Valley Iron and Railroad Company opened its vast reserve of timber and iron lands. The depression of 1919 and the subsequent collapse of 1929 saw an end to any major industrial development in the county at least on the scale seen before where millions were spent. One of the biggest problems with economic development in Wayne County has been transportation. The geographic configuration of the county (where everything north of McCalls/Highland moves north and everything south moves to Florence, AL) resulted in great difficulty in moving goods prior to the development of the diesel and gasoline truck. The railroad to Collinwood in 1913 certainly helped, but getting goods to the rail head was still a major problem, The same can be said for getting goods to Carrollville before 1850 and Clifton between 1850 and 1920 for shipment by river steamer. It could be done, but it was an arduous task and expensive. Thus making goods and produce more expensive from here than from areas where rail and river transportation were readily available and where the local roads were in better condition. And LaRinda, you are correct is your statement that some of the people in this area were downright mean and nasty! We seem to have matured (or become more civilized) in the last 80 years. At least there don't seem to be that many murders and killings as have occured in the past, but I may be uninformed. I don't have the statistics on crime for the area. Edgar ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:19 PM Subject: [TNWAYNE] Population > Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the actual population of Wayne County > when the Census's started? How they grew each census? I have been reading the > Buggar Saga and another book called If the Legends Fade about an Indian Girl > that traveled back from the Indian Nations to Lauderdale County. In both > books it sounds like they were pretty bustling communities. (and a lot of > mean folks too!) > Thanks > LaRinda Middleton > > > ==== TNWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at > http://www.netease.net/wayne > > >