Wayland, Iowa
| Wayland, Iowa | |
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 Location of Wayland, Iowa |
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| Coordinates: 41°8′51″N 91°39′35″W / 41.14750°N 91.65972°WCoordinates: 41°8′51″N 91°39′35″W / 41.14750°N 91.65972°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Iowa
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| County | Henry |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2) |
| • Land | 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 966 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 969 |
| • Density | 956.4/sq mi (369.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 52654 |
| Area code(s) | 319 |
| FIPS code | 19-82965 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0462760 |
Wayland is a city in Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa, United States. The population was 966 at the 2010 census. Wayland was originally known as Crooked Creek. Crooked Creek became a voting precinct October 5, 1840. The first burial is given to John Bullock in 1838. He came as a surveyor to this region in 1837. The need to establish a post office followed. Rufus M. Pickell, one of the local leaders, was appointed on February 3, 1843, postmaster for the land East of the Skunk River and South of Crooked Creek. Pickell was also a blacksmith by trade. Establishing a church followed, so the little log cabin Methodist Church was built in 1844. From 1851 to 1880 the town was known as Marshall. Christian Roth Sr. erected a brewery on his homestead in 1856, which was completed at a cost of over $4,000. Until its closing by laws passed in 1884, it had done a prosperous business and had a capacity of 10 barrels a day. Confusion over the name Marshall, Henry County and Marshalltown, Iowa, especially with mail getting mixed, required in 1879 a change in the smaller town relinquishing its name and taking up a new one in 1880. In the 1879 Henry County History book the following names can be found in Jefferson Township: Burrows, Clifton, Cook, Davies, Everts, Farmer, Hull, Jessup, Johnson, Manning, Mathews, Moore, Noble, Ressel, Sayles, Shively, Turney, Walker, Wallbank, Wiggins, and Williams.
Wayland is located at 41°8′51″N 91°39′35″W / 41.14750°N 91.65972°W (41.147602, -91.659678).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.01 square miles (2.62 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 966 people, 396 households, and 268 families residing in the city. The population density was 956.4 inhabitants per square mile (369.3/km2). There were 417 housing units at an average density of 412.9 per square mile (159.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% White, 1.1% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.
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