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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Wayne County, Michigan, Jackson County, Georgia, Jefferson County, Georgia, Carter County, Tennessee, Brooke County, West Virginia, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Caledonia County, Vermont, Bulloch County, Georgia, Wayne County, Ohio, Grainger County, Tennessee, Robertson County, Tennessee, Lincoln County, Georgia, Columbia, Maine, Rumford Medal, Rumford Prize, The Retreat, Haymarket Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts), Kilmainham Gaol, Fairfield High School for Girls, Canisteo, New York, Boston Dispensary, Shreve, Crump & Low, Parramatta Female Factory, Upsala Simsallskap, British Guianan guilder, New Jersey State Library, Odense Teater, Gold Coast ackey, Fonderie Paccard, Tobolsk Governorate. Excerpt: Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,820,584 making it the 13th most-populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit, the largest city in Michigan. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 672.20 square miles (1,741.0 km), of which 614.15 square miles (1,590.6 km) (or 91.36%) is land and 58.05 square miles (150.3 km) (or 8.64%) is water (including parts of the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair). Wayne County borders on Oakland County and Macomb County to the north, Washtenaw County to the west, and Monroe County to the south. The eastern (and sometimes southern) boundary is a water boundary in the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair with Essex County, Ontario, Canada. Automotive traffic crosses this boundary at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge. Due to the change in direction of the river, this portion of Ontario actually lies south of Wayne County. Due to the direction ambiguity, the southern communities of the county are usually referred to as "Downriver." Grosse Ile is the largest island in Wayne County and...
