Wayne County was laid out under the lottery act of 1803 and was organized two years later. It was named in honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Part of it was given to Camden in 1805 and parts of Camden were added to it in 1808 and 1812. It was enlarged by the addition of a part of Glynn in 1820 and a part was added to Glynn in 1822. It lies in the southeastern part of the state and is bounded on the northeast by Tatnall, Liberty and Mclntosh counties, on the east by Glynn, which is also south of a small portion of it, on the south by Camden, Charlton and Pierce and on the west by Pierce and Appling. The Satilla and Altamaha rivers drain the surface and supply an abundance of fish. The soil when fertilized produces sugar-cane, potatoes, rice, corn, a variety of vegetables, melons and long staple cotton. Recently there have been a number of experi¬ments conducted in the production of sugar-cane, cassava and fruits by scientific methods, in Wayne County, and the results have been gratifying in a high degree. Much of the land is wild and affords fine range for cattle, sheep and hogs, while the mild winters save all expense of shelter. The county is traversed by the Southern rail¬way, two divisions of the Atlantic Coast Line, the Atlantic and Birmingham and the Seaboard Air Line touches the northeast cor¬ner. The Satilla and Altamaha rivers furnish water transportation. The forests consist chiefly of pine and cypress timber and there is a large trade in turpentine, rosin and lumber. Jesup, the county seat, is near the center and is an important railroad town. Other towns are Gardi, Brentwood, Lulaton, Atkinson, and Mount Pleasant.

Odum, a village of Wayne county, is on the Macon & Brunswick division of the Southern railroad, ten miles west of Jesup. It has a money order postoffice, with rural free delivery, express and telegraph offices, and is a trading and shipping point for that part of the county.

Pyc, a post-hamlet in the northwestern part of Wayne county, is about three miles from Odum, which is the nearest railroad station.

Ritch, a post-village of Wayne county, is located on Dougherty's creek, not far from the Appling county line. The population in 1900 was 100. It is a trading center for that part of the county. Screven, eight miles southeast on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, is the nearest station.

Screven, a small town in the western part of Wayne county, is on the Atlantic Coast Line railway, ten miles southwest of Jesup. The population in 1900 was 100. It has a money order postoffice, an express office, a few stores, and does some shipping.

Waynesville, a town on the southern border of Wayne county, is connected with Brunswick and Waycross by a branch of the Atlantic Coast Line railway. It had in 1900 a population of 300. It has telegraph and express offices, a money order postoffice with rural free delivery, several stores, manufactories of various kinds, mostly lumber mills, and good churches and schools.

Fairfax, a post-village of Ware county, is on the Albany & Waycross division of the Atlantic Coast Line railway, near the Coffee county line.
[Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By:  Maggie Coleman]

Fending, a post-hamlet of Wayne county, is a station on the Atlantic & Birmingham railroad, six miles of Hortense.
[Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By:  Maggie Coleman]

Gardi, a village of Wayne county, is a station on the Southern railway, about six miles southeast of Jesup.  It has a money order postoffice, an express office, a few stores and does some shipping.  The population in 1900 was 76.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Gomez, a post-village of Wayne county, is located on the Altamaha river, about six miles north of Jesup.  It has some stores which do a good local business, and is a shipping point for the surrounding plantations.  The population in 1900 was 71. 
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Marilyn Clore)

Hickox, a post-village in the southern part of Wayne county, is also a station on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Its stores have a good local trade and it does some shipping.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Angelia Carpenter)

Hortense, a post-village of Wayne county, is located at the junction of the Atlantic & Birmingham and the Atlantic Coast Line railroads. It has a good local trade and does some shipping.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Lulaton, a town in the southern part of Wayne county, is on the Atlantic Coast Line railway, about five miles east of Nahunta.  The population in 1900 was 154.  It has a money order postoffice, express and telegraph offices, some mercantile and manufacturing interests, and is a shipping point of considerable importance.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)

McKinnon, a post-village of Wayne county, is located on the Atlantic Coast Line railway, about six miles north of Hortense.  It is one of the new towns of that section, as no report of population was made in 1900.    
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson]