Miss. Code Ann. § 19-1-153

Wayne County is bounded by beginning on the old Choctaw boundary line, where the line between ranges nine and ten crosses the same; thence easterly with said boundary line to the northwest corner of the Hiawanee reserve; thence direct to the northeast corner of said Hiawanee reserve; thence along said Choctaw boundary to the boundary line between the States of Alabama and Mississippi; thence south on said boundary line to the line between townships five and six, north; thence west on said township line to the line between ranges nine and ten, west; thence north on said range line to the beginning. The county site is Waynesboro.