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History · Wayne

Wayne’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Wayne. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

5old images & papers
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From Wayne’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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Wayne Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County.

Cemeteries

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Start Wayne’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wayne’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo5 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSt. David's Church (Episcopal), G…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Wayne, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date
unknown5 items
St. David's Church (Episcopal), Grave of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township)LOCDate?St. David's Church (Episcopal), Grave of General "Mad" Anth…Jones Farmhouse, Lancaster Pike & Farm Road (Radnor Township)LOCDate?Jones Farmhouse, Lancaster Pike & Farm Road (Radnor Townshi…St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township)LOCDate?St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown …Jones Farm, Springhouse, Lancaster Pike & Farm Road (Radnor Township)LOCDate?Jones Farm, Springhouse, Lancaster Pike & Farm Road (Radnor…St. David's Church (Episcopal), Horse Shed, Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township)LOCDate?St. David's Church (Episcopal), Horse Shed, Valley Forge Ro…
National Register of Historic Places

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 Thomas Marshall House in Dayton, 2.4 miles away.

Wayne and the nearest listed places

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Thomas Marshall HouseColwell Cut ViaductBridge between Madison and Mahoning TownshipsJohn B. McCormick HouseAllegheny River Lock and Dam No.8Trusal Covered Bridge

Closest to Wayne

Thomas Marshall HouseDayton · Building2.4miColwell Cut ViaductMahoning · Structure5.2miBridge between Madison and Mahoning TownshipsMahoning · Structure6miJohn B. McCormick HouseSouth Mahoning · Building9.5miAllegheny River Lock and Dam No.8Washington · Built 193110.1mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Thomas Marshall House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wayne?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wayne’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. David's Church (Episcopal), Grave of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Dayton📜 Mahoning📜 Cowanshannock📜 Smicksburg

From the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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