Wayne County

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New York is a former town in Wayne County. Lineville (pop. 195) was the birthplace of Irene Cozad (1888-1970), pianist and ragtime composer. Seymour's population fell from 1,000 in 1980 to 600 in 2020. Harvard is unincorporated.

Corydon is pronounced KORE-uh-dun.

Wayne County, Iowa,

Honors Mad Anthony.

County seat is Corydon.

It's next to Missouri.


Iowa's New York

Never had a skyscraper.

Lineville had its very own

Ragtime composer.


The city of Seymour

Suddenly got smaller.

Home of Marcus Collins,

The Texas Tenor.


The little Harvard here

Is not the one in Cambridge.

The town of Confidence

At least still has a church.