Welcome to Wayne County!

The forty-third county in order of formation, Wayne County, Kentucky is located in the south-central section of Kentucky along the state border with Tennessee.  Created in 1800 from parts of Pulaski and Cumberland Counties, it was named in honor of General Anthony Wayne, Revolutionary War hero.

Wayne County is located on beautiful Lake Cumberland.  Lake Cumberland is a part of the chain of lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers.  It is one of the most beautiful lakes in the country, and, according to a popular houseboating magazine, is home to the highest number of luxury houseboats of any lake in the United States.

Its 1,255 miles of shoreline make Lake Cumberland the largest manmade lake in the world in terms of miles of shoreline.  It is surrounded by scenic rugged mountains.  With an average water depth of 90 feet, it is one of the deepest of the lake in the Tennessee and Cumberland River valleys.  It is brimful of lively fish and rimmed by scores of coves and hollows.  The surrounding tree covered mountains protect it from the worst weather.  Lake Cumberland has made Kentucky’s Southern Cumberland Mountains the ideal vacation region for all of mid America.