Wayland is a village in Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa, United States.

Rufus M. Pickell, one of the local leaders, was appointed on February 3, 1843, postmaster for the land east of the Skunk River and south of Crooked Creek.

Until its closing by laws passed in 1884, it had done a prosperous business and had a capacity of 10 barrels a day.

In the 1879 Henry County History book the following names can be found in Jefferson Township: Burrows, Clifton, Cook, Davies, Everts, Farmer, Hull, Jessup, Johnson, Manning, Mathews, Moore, Noble, Ressel, Sayles, Shively, Turney, Walker, Wallbank, Wiggins, and Williams.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.01 square miles (2.62 km2), all land.

31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

[10] Originally started in 1962 in Olds, the high school moved to Wayland in 1989.

WACO is a consolidation and acronym of the communities Wayland, Ainsworth, Crawfordsville and Olds.

WACO's mascot is the Warrior (Spartan/Trojan) and their colors are powder blue and white.

Prior to WACO, the Wayland High School stood where the current Bomber Field is located, behind the city's fire department.

Their mascot was originally the Dutchman and their colors were orange and navy blue.

In the late 1940s, their mascot was the Bombers (B-25) and the school changed their colors to purple and white.