They settled about 1806 near the east fork of the Whitewater River, an area including what is today the city of Richmond.

Wayne is mainly remembered for his service in the 1790s in the Northwest Indian War, which included many actions in Indiana and Ohio.

During the antebellum years, Wayne County had a number of stations on the Underground Railroad, a network of blacks and whites who aided refugees from slavery to reach freedom.

Levi Coffin and his wife Catharine aided more than 1,000 refugees at their home in Fountain City, now designated as a National Historic Landmark and State Historic Site significant to the Ohio River National In the 1920s, Indiana had the strongest Ku Klux Klan organization in the country, led by Grand Dragons D. C. Stephenson and Walter F. Bossert.

Its members controlled the state legislature and had an ally in Governor Ed Jackson.

[4] At its height, national membership during the second Klan movement reached 1.5 million, with 300,000 in Indiana.

[5] Records show that Wayne County was home to Whitewater Klan No.

[7] Wayne County includes Indiana's highest natural elevation, Hoosier Hill, at 1,257 feet (383 m).

The commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government.

The judge on the court is elected to a term of four years and must be a member of the Indiana Bar Association.

Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 68,917 people, 27,551 households, and 18,126 families residing in the county.