The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWaynesfield is a village in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The population was 749 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Waynesfield was established in 1848. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 847 to 749 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1956.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Waynesfield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waynesfield’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Waynesfield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Waynesfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hugh T. Rinehart House in Union, 3.1 miles away.
Waynesfield and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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