Wayne County, MI

WAYNE COUNTY, situated on the southeasterly boundary of Michigan, with St. Clair lake and St. Clair river on the east. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, productive. Seat of justice, Detroit. Pop. in 1820, 3,574; in 1830, 6,781; in 1840, 24,173; in 1850, 12,756. (Fanning's, 1853)