Editing Wayne, New York (section)

==History==
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The region was first settled by Europeans ''circa'' 1791 by Abraham Hendricks, and it was organized as the "Town of Frederickstown" on May 18, 1796, when the County of [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]] was formed from a part of the larger [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]]. Early settlers include Ephriam Sanford, Anthony Swarthout, Jabez Hopkins, and Joseph Bailey.

[[File:KeukaHotel.png|180px|thumb|Postcard view of the Keuka Hotel, around 1920.]]

The town changed its name to "Wayne" on April 6, 1808, in honor of the Revolutionary War hero, General [[Anthony Wayne]], and included what is now the smaller hamlet of Wayne, New York. Afterwards, the town was substantially reduced in size by the formation of other towns, including [[Reading, New York|Reading]] (1806), [[Orange, New York|Orange]] (1813) and [[Barrington, New York|Barrington]], and [[Tyrone, New York|Tyrone]] (1822). In 1854, the size of the township was again reduced by moving a parcel of land to the town of Tyrone, which included a large portion of the hamlet of Wayne. Also, a former hamlet in the township, further south, was known as "Wayne Four Corners".

=== Famous natives and locations in Wayne ===
Wayne native [[Jonathan Goble]] is said to have invented the [[Pulled rickshaw|rickshaw]] in 1859. He was a Marine who traveled with [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Commodore Matthew Perry's]] squadron which opened [[Japan]] to western trade. He later returned as a Baptist missionary and was inspired to invent the rickshaw in order to transport his invalid wife around the streets of [[Tokyo, Japan|Tokyo]].

[[Francis Marion McDowell|Francis M. McDowell]], one of the seven founders of the [[The Grange (organization)|National Grange]] and its treasurer for 21 years was born in Wayne, NY. In the 1860s, he returned to Wayne to grow [[grapes]] on the shores of [[Keuka Lake|Lake Keuka]]. He was also involved with his brother-in-law [[Samuel Hallett]], in several enterprises. Samuel Hallett is known for building the largest home in Wayne, known as the "Aisle of Pines". It was a 20-column mansion, built in 1854, but it burned to the ground in 1974.

[[File:HallettHouse.png|180px|left|thumb|The Hallett House (Aisle of Pines) in the late 1800s]]

A famous landmark in the township was the '''Keuka Hotel''', built in 1895 on the shores of Lake Keuka. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] was the pianist and vocalist at the hotel for two seasons, and local legend has it that his 1927 hit song [[Stardust (1927 song)|"Stardust"]] was written while at the Keuka hotel.