{"id":7768,"date":"2023-09-10T19:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:48","slug":"wayne-county-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wayne-county-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne County, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne County is a county in Tennessee, United States, in the south-central part of the state on<br \/>\nthe Alabama line, about 105 miles south of Nashville. It had a population of 16,232 at the 2020<br \/>\ncensus, an estimated 16,168 by 2024, and covers 734 square miles (1,900 km2) of land centred near<br \/>\n35\u00b014\u2032N 87\u00b047\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Waynesboro is the county seat and the county&rsquo;s only city with a Wayne County-only ZIP; its<br \/>\npostal code is 38485. The county holds 3 cities and roughly 29 unincorporated communities, and it<br \/>\nruns on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 47181.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Wayne County<\/h2>\n<p>Wayne County has 32 named places on record: 3 incorporated cities and 29 unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities with no local government of their own. Unincorp. covers crossroads, former rail<br \/>\nstops and rural communities with no formal boundary; none of them have their own ZIP code unless<br \/>\nnoted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Waynesboro<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>2,317<\/td>\n<td>38485<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clifton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,651<\/td>\n<td>38425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Collinwood<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>898<\/td>\n<td>38450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cypress Inn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>38452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lutts<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>38471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ashland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bethlehem<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clifton Junction<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cromwell Crossroads<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dogwood Heights<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fairview<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Forrest Hills<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Geneva<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Highland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holly Creek<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holt<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Houston<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leatherwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lower Holly Creek<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martins Mills<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McGlamery Stand<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moccasin<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mooney<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mount Hope<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ransom Stand<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shawnette<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stout<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Topsy<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upper Holly Creek<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodlawn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two entries on the old version of this list were dropped as duplicates: a second, unexplained<br \/>\n&ldquo;Crossroads&rdquo; entry and a repeated &ldquo;Highland&rdquo; line. McGlamery Stand, on the<br \/>\nNatchez Trace Parkway near Collinwood, is a genuine historic stand site, not a scrape error &mdash;<br \/>\nit still marks a milepost on the Parkway today.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>38485 &mdash; Waynesboro<\/li>\n<li>38425 &mdash; Clifton<\/li>\n<li>38450 &mdash; Collinwood<\/li>\n<li>38452 &mdash; Cypress Inn<\/li>\n<li>38471 &mdash; Lutts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The county&rsquo;s other 24 unincorporated communities have no ZIP of their own; mail there is<br \/>\ndelivered under one of these five codes depending on which post office serves the area.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Wayne County sits in Tennessee&rsquo;s Western Highland Rim, a hilly plateau of ridges and<br \/>\nnarrow valleys between the Tennessee and Duck river systems. Of its roughly 736 square miles,<br \/>\n734 are land and 1.6 are water, about 0.2 percent &mdash; the county has no large lake, and its<br \/>\nwater surface is mostly the Tennessee River along its western edge and the Green River, which<br \/>\nflows north through Waynesboro to the Buffalo River.<\/p>\n<p>Perry County lies to the north, Lewis County to the northeast, Lawrence County to the east,<br \/>\nHardin County to the west, and Decatur County to the northwest. Lauderdale County, Alabama,<br \/>\nborders the county to the south, across the state line. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/perry-county-tennessee\/\">Perry County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lewis-county-tennessee\/\">Lewis County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lawrence-county-tennessee\/\">Lawrence County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hardin-county-tennessee\/\">Hardin County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/decatur-county-tennessee\/\">Decatur County<\/a> all border<br \/>\nWayne County directly on the Tennessee side.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Wayne County had a population of 16,232 at the 2020 census, and the 2024 estimate puts the<br \/>\ncounty near 16,168 residents, a slight decline. Clifton and Waynesboro are the two largest<br \/>\ncommunities, together holding roughly a third of the county&rsquo;s population. Median household<br \/>\nincome runs $52,294, well below Tennessee&rsquo;s statewide 2023 ACS figure of $67,631.<br \/>\nPopulation density works out to about 22 people per square mile of land, low even for rural<br \/>\nMiddle Tennessee.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance employs the most workers in the county, about 1,124 people,<br \/>\nfollowed by construction at 787 and manufacturing at 769. The South Central Correctional<br \/>\nFacility in Clifton, a medium-security prison run by CoreCivic under contract with the Tennessee<br \/>\nDepartment of Correction, holds up to 1,676 inmates and is one of the county&rsquo;s largest single<br \/>\nemployers. Clifton also hosts the T. S. Stribling Museum, honoring the Clifton-born author who<br \/>\nwon the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1933. The Natchez Trace Parkway crosses the county near<br \/>\nCollinwood, with a welcome center and the historic McGlamery Stand site along its route.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Tennessee General Assembly formed Wayne County in 1817, carving it out of Hickman County<br \/>\nand Humphreys County. It was named for General Anthony Wayne, a military leader in the American<br \/>\nRevolutionary War known to his troops as &ldquo;Mad Anthony.&rdquo; Waynesboro was laid out as the<br \/>\ncounty seat in 1821 and incorporated in 1850.<\/p>\n<p>In the June 8, 1861 secession referendum, Wayne County voted against Tennessee leaving the<br \/>\nUnion by a margin of 905 to 409, one of only a handful of Middle and West Tennessee counties to<br \/>\noppose secession. By the mid-1800s Clifton had grown into an important Tennessee River port,<br \/>\nshipping cotton and timber before the railroad era shifted trade elsewhere.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>US 64 and State Route 15 run together through the county, bypassing Waynesboro to the west and<br \/>\nnorth before continuing east toward Lawrence County. State Route 13 crosses the county<br \/>\nnorth&ndash;south from the Alabama line, through Waynesboro and on to Clifton.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nashville &mdash; about 105 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Memphis &mdash; about 135 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Florence, Alabama &mdash; about 35 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Columbia &mdash; about 50 miles northeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nashville International Airport, roughly 105 miles north of Waynesboro, is the nearest major<br \/>\ncommercial airport. Amtrak does not serve Wayne County; the closest station is Memphis Central<br \/>\nStation on the City of New Orleans route, about 135 miles west.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Wayne County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Tennessee&rsquo;s Western Highland Rim, on the Alabama state line, about 105 miles<br \/>\nsouth of Nashville, bordered by Perry, Lewis, Lawrence, Hardin and Decatur counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Wayne County?<\/strong><br \/>\n16,232 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 16,168.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Wayne County?<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout 736 square miles (1,910 km2) total, of which 734 square miles (1,900 km2) are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Wayne County?<\/strong><br \/>\nWaynesboro, laid out in 1821 and incorporated in 1850, is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Wayne County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThree incorporated cities &mdash; Waynesboro, Clifton and Collinwood &mdash; plus 29<br \/>\nunincorporated communities including Cypress Inn, Lutts, Ashland and McGlamery Stand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Wayne County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n38485 for Waynesboro, 38425 for Clifton, 38450 for Collinwood, 38452 for Cypress Inn and 38471<br \/>\nfor Lutts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Wayne County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Natchez Trace Parkway, the T. S. Stribling Museum in Clifton, and its 1861 vote against<br \/>\nTennessee&rsquo;s secession from the Union.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/tennessee\/\">Towns and villages in Tennessee<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne County is a county in Tennessee, United States, in the south-central part of the state on the Alabama line, about 105 miles south of Nashville. It had a population of 16,232 at the 2020 census, an estimated 16,168 by 2024, and covers 734 square miles (1,900 km2) of land centred near 35\u00b014\u2032N 87\u00b047\u2032W. 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