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Wayne County was established by Governor
Arthur St. Clair in 1796. It was the sixth county
formed in the Northwest Territory and the third
in Ohio. Wooster was founded in 1808 and in
1881 was made a county seat, named in honor
of David Wooster, a General of the Revolution-
ary War. The first house built in town and in
Wayne County was a log cabin on East Liberty
Street. Between 1808 and 1810 a wagon road
was built from Wooster to Massillon and Can-
ton. Wooster was incorporated in 1817.
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