Wayne’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Wayne. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Wayne was the sixth township of the county, erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805.
Named for General Anthony Wayne, it is one of twenty Wayne Townships in Ohio.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wayne’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1925 Plat Book of Butler County, …, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wayne, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Wayne is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wayne has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Peter Schrock Jr. Farm in Trenton, 5.2 miles away.
Wayne and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1925 Plat Book of Butler County, Ohio (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.