Wayne, a village in Grant township, Republic county, is a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. 11 miles southeast of Belleville, the county seat. It was laid out in 1884, immediately after the railroad was built through the southeastern part of the county. The site was located on the homestead of Isaac Walton and the first building was a general store erected by William Hill in Aug., 1884. It has a money order postoffice with one rural route, telegraph and express offices, churches, schools, a weekly newspaper and banking facilities. All the leading professions and lines of business activity are represented. The population according to the census of 1910 was 200.