Editing Wayne, Ohio (section)

==History==
Wayne was originally called Freeport, and under the latter name was [[plat]]ted in 1836.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leeson|first=Michael A.|title=Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Early Settlement and Development |url=https://archive.org/details/commemorativehis01lees|year=1897|publisher=J.H. Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/commemorativehis01lees/page/334 334]}}</ref><ref name="Wood County">{{cite web|url=http://www.co.wood.oh.us/history/ctv.htm |title=Cities, Townships, & Villages |publisher=Wood County Government |access-date=January 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606014831/http://www.co.wood.oh.us/history/ctv.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2015 }}</ref> Another early variant name was Prairie Depot.<ref name="Wood County" /> The present name honors [[Anthony Wayne]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=156|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=140}}</ref>  The village was incorporated in 1836.<ref name="Wood County" /> A post office called Prairie Depot was established in 1852, and the name was changed to Wayne in 1927.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Wood | title=Wood County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>