Wayne County

Also known as Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Wayne County, PA

county in Pennsylvania, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Founded: March 21, 1798
Named after: Anthony Wayne
Seat: Honesdale
Largest borough: Honesdale
Total: 751 sq mi (1,950 km )
Land: 726 sq mi (1,880 km )
Water: 25 sq mi (65 km ) 3.3%
Estimate 2025: 51,703
Density: 70.5/sq mi (27.2/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 8th
Website: waynecountypa .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 51155
Area: 751
Official website: www.co.wayne.pa.us
Image: Wayne County courthouse mod.jpg
Households: 18938

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Commons category: Wayne County, Pennsylvania
water as percent of area: 3.3
native label: Wayne County
inception: 1798-03-21
per capita income: 28275

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Wayne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The county's population was 51,155 at the 2020 census. The county seat is the Borough of Honesdale. The county was formed from part of Northampton County on March 21, 1798, and was named for the Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania and Pocono Mountains region of the state.

The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River, begins in southern Wayne County.