Wayton is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Newton County,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

, United States. Wayton is located on

Arkansas Highway 327 Highway 327 (AR 327, Ark. 327, and Hwy. 327) is a north-south state highway located entirely within Newton County in northern Arkansas. The highway runs from the northern boundary of the Ozark National Forest in Wayton north to Arkansas High ...

, south-southwest of

Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ...

. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 148.

Demographics

2020 census

References

External links

Newton County Historical Society
Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Census-designated places in Newton County, Arkansas Census-designated places in Arkansas {{NewtonCountyAR-geo-stub