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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox U.S. county Wayne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The county's population was 51,155 at the 2020 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat is the Borough of Honesdale.<ref name="Wayne County">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was formed from part of Northampton County on March 21, 1798,<ref name="Goodrich">Template:Cite book</ref> and was named for the Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne.<ref name="Wayne County"/> The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania and Pocono Mountains region of the state.Template:Efn

The Lehigh River, a Template:Convert tributary of the Delaware River, begins in southern Wayne County.

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wayne County has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (3.3%) is water.<ref name="Gazetteer">Template:Cite report</ref>

The terrain of the county is varied. In the wider northern half, the land is rugged along its border with New York State, while the southern portion tends to be swampier. Higher hills and mountains are predominantly found along the county's western edge, while lower ones are more common in the east, near the Delaware River. The middle section of Wayne County is a wide plain.

The highest elevation in the county, Template:Convert, is the summit of Mount Ararat in Orson. Two other summits at the north end of the same ridge also exceed Template:Convert in elevation. The county's lowest point, at approximately Template:Convert above sea level, is along the Delaware, near Wayne County's border with Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Most of Wayne County is drained by the Delaware (which separates Pennsylvania from New York), with the exception of a few small areas in the western part of the county, which are drained by either the Starrucca Creek or the Lackawanna River (which both eventually flow into the Susquehanna River).

The county has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and average monthly temperatures in Honesdale range from 22.8 °F in January to 67.9 °F in July.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Demographics

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As of the Census of 2010, there were 52,822 people, 20,625 households, and 13,952 families in Wayne County. The county's population density was Template:Convert, and there were 31,653 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the populace was 94.2% White, 3.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.9% of other races, and 1.1% of two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of all races made up 3.4% of the population.<ref name="Gazetteer"/><ref name="Full Census">Template:Cite report</ref>

67.6% of Wayne County's households were families, 53.9% were headed by a heterosexual married couple (Pennsylvania did not allow same-sex marriage until May 20, 2014, after the 2010 Census had been completed), and 26.6% included children under the age of 18. 9.2% of households were headed by a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% by a male householder with no wife present, and 32.4% consisted of non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% consisted of a person 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87.<ref name="Full Census"/>

Wayne County's age distribution was 21.1% under the age of 18, 4.5% between the ages of 18 and 24, 23.1% between 25 and 44, 32.4% between 45 and 64, and 19.0% 65 years of age or older. The population's median age was 45.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 110 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112 males in the same age range.<ref name="Full Census"/>

According to American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, the median income for a household in Wayne County in 2013 was $49,313, and the median income for a family was $58,934. Males had a median income of $36,173, while females had a median income of $23,636. The per capita income for the county was $24,005. 8.4% of families and 12.2% of people were below the Census Bureau's poverty thresholds (different from the federally defined poverty guidelines), including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref><ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

According to self-reported ancestry figures recorded by the ACS, the five largest ancestral groups in Wayne County in 2013 were Germans (30.3%), Irish (22.1%), Italians (13.9%), English (10.9%), and Poles (10.1%). Those reporting American ancestry made up 8.6% of the population.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

2020 census

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Wayne County Racial Composition<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race Num. Perc.
White (NH) 44,821 87.62%
Black or African American (NH) 1,647 3.22%
Native American (NH) 73 0.14%
Asian (NH) 418 0.82%
Pacific Islander (NH) 0 0%
Other/Mixed (NH) 1,849 3.61%
Hispanic or Latino 2,347 4.6%

Politics

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Template:Pie chartWayne has long been one of the most Republican counties in Pennsylvania, as Republicans consistently win easily in federal, state and local elections. In 2000, Republican George W. Bush won 59.21 percent of the vote to Democrat Al Gore's 36.50 percent,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in 2004, Bush won with 62.43 percent to Democrat John Kerry's 36.69 percent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2008, Republican John McCain won with 55.39 percent of the vote to Democrat Barack Obama's 43.14 percent,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in 2012, Republican Mitt Romney won with 59.50 percent to Obama's 38.74 percent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016, Republican Donald J. Trump won with 67.63 percent to Hillary Clinton's 29.18 percent.

Wayne County was one of the four counties that Barry Goldwater won in Pennsylvania in 1964;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the last Democrat to win a plurality in the county was Grover Cleveland in 1892.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016</ref> Since then, only three Democrats have won even forty percent of the county's vote – William Jennings Bryan in 1900, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Barack H. Obama in 2008.

Government and infrastructure

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United States senators

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United States representative

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State representatives<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

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  • Jonathan Fritz, Republican (111th district) - Buckingham, Clinton (partially), Lebanon, Manchester, Mount Pleasant, Oregon, Preston, and Scott Townships, and Starrucca Borough
  • Vacant (139th district) - Berlin, Cherry Ridge, Clinton (partially), Damascus, Dyberry, Palmyra, Paupack, South Canaan, and Texas Townships, and Bethany, Hawley, Honesdale, and Prompton Boroughs

State senator<ref name=":0" />

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County commissioners

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  • Brian W. Smith, Republican (Chairman)<ref name="Commissioners">Template:Cite web</ref>
  • James Shook, Republican<ref name="Commissioners"/>
  • Jocelyn Cramer, Democrat<ref name="Commissioners"/>

Other county officers

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Healthcare services

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Wayne County is served by the Wayne Memorial Health System. The Health System consists of Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale and several other subsidiaries and/or affiliates. In addition, the community has a number of physicians and other professionals providing needed care. The Farview State Hospital is located in Farview.

Emergency services

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Paramedic services are provided by three different agencies:

BLS services are provided as dispatched through the Wayne County Communication Center. These agencies include:

  • Newfoundland Area Ambulance, a volunteer ambulance corps, provides basic life support services in Dreher Township, and portions of adjoining Sterling and Lehigh townships.
  • Hawley Ambulance & Rescue Company provides BLS services.<ref name="ReferenceA">Ambulance Company still struggles after fire, Wayne Independence, January 14, 2013</ref>
  • White Mills Community Ambulance provides BLS services.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
  • Northern Wayne Fire Company provides BLS service from their station on Route 370 in Lakewood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maplewood Fire and Rescue provides QRS "quick response service" to all medical calls in Lake townships.

Prisons

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons United States Penitentiary, Canaan is in Canaan Township, near Waymart.<ref>"USP Canaan Contact Information Template:Webarchive." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on February 23, 2011. "3057 Easton Turnpike Waymart, PA 18472."</ref><ref>"Canaan township, Wayne County, PennsylvaniaTemplate:Dead link." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 23, 2011.</ref>

Education

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Map of Wayne County's school districts, colored in dark green, light green, orange, and red, and labeled by district. Text across the top reads "Wayne County, Pennsylvania School Districts Map."
Map of Wayne County's school districts.

Public school districts

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School districts include:<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref>

Private schools

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There are five private or parochial schools in Wayne County:

Libraries

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The Wayne Library Alliance<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> operates seven public libraries throughout the county:

Seminaries

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There is one seminary, St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in South Canaan.

Communities

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Political map of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, with townships, boroughs, and census-designated places labeled. Townships are colored white and boroughs and CDPs are colored various shades of orange.
Map of Wayne County with municipalities and CDPs labeled.

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: boroughs, cities, townships, and one town. Wayne County has only boroughs and townships. The latter type is classified based on population by the state government; all of its townships are second-class. A complete list of the county's municipalities follows:

Boroughs

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Townships

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Census-designated places

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In addition, Pennsylvania also has a few types of unincorporated communities, namely villages and private communities. Villages are unincorporated communities within a township, often defined by ZIP code boundaries, property deeds, and local consensus, but which have no official boundaries or population, unless they are also census-designated places (CDPs), geographical areas designated by the US Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. Regardless of whether or not they are CDPs, however, they are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Private communities are gated settlements usually governed by a community association, which also often defines the boundaries of the community and may keep track of the number of its members. However, like villages, private communities have no official boundaries or populations, unless they are CDPs, and are never Pennsylvanian jurisdictions. The following is an incomplete list by necessity, but more complete lists of Wayne County's villages and private communities may be found in the corresponding township entry.

Unincorporated communities

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Population ranking

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The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Wayne County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

† county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)
1 † Honesdale Borough 4,480
2 The Hideout CDP 3,013
3 Waymart Borough 1,341
4 Wallenpaupack Lake Estates CDP 1,279
5 Big Bass Lake (mostly in Lackawanna County) CDP 1,270
6 Hawley Borough 1,211
7 Pocono Springs CDP 926
8 Gouldsboro (partially in Monroe County) CDP 890
9 White Mills CDP 659
10 Prompton Borough 250
11 Bethany Borough 246
12 Starrucca Borough 173

See also

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