Wayne County is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne. It is also known as ‘Wayne Counties’ due to the name of its county seat, which was established in 1815. The county seat is Detroit and it is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has a population of 1,700,000, making it one of the most populous counties in the state of Michigan.
About Wayne County, Michigan in brief
Wayne County is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne. Wayne County was the sixth county in the Northwest Territory, formed August 15, 1796 from portions of territorial Hamilton County, territorial Knox County and unorganized territory. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 673 square miles, of which 612 square miles is land and 61 square miles is water. The southern communities of the county are usually referred to as \”Downriver\”, in reference to their location downstream of downtown Detroit. The Wayne County Department of Public Services was formed in 1906 as the Wayne County Road Commission. It was the government agency in Wayne County, Michigan responsible for building and maintaining the county’s roads and highways. As of 2019, the United States Census estimated its population as 1,749,343 making it the 19th-most populous county in United States. The county seat is Detroit and it is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, most of the Upper Peninsula, as well as smaller sections that are now part of northern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The eastern boundary is a water boundary in theDetroit River and Lake St. Clair with Essex County, Ontario. Due to the southwestern course of the river, this small portion of Canada actually lies to the south of Wayne County. It borders on Oakland County and Macomb County to the north, Washtenaw County toThe west, Essex County to The east, and Monroe County to. The south borders on Grosse Ile, which is connected to the mainland by the Wayne county Bridge and the Grosso Ile Toll Bridge. It is also known as ‘Wayne Counties’ due to the name of its county seat, which was established in 1815. It has a population of 1,700,000, making it one of the most populous counties in the state of Michigan. It also borders on the cities of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Pontiac, Michigan, and the city of Dearborn, Michigan. Its water area includes parts of the Detroit River and lake St. Clair.
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