| Description | Wayne County is perched on the northeast corner of Penn., 100 miles west of New York City,
150 miles north of Philadelphia, and 35 mile east of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre corridor.
With a population of about 47,722 Wayne County is growing at the rate of nearly two-percent
each year, the third fastest growing county in the state. Honesdale is the county seat and the
largest commercial center and has a population of 5,200.
Covering 744 square miles of rolling terrain, elevation varies from 2,656 feet above sea level
in the west to 670 feet at the Delaware River, which marks the county's eastern border with
New York state. Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Monroe & Pike counties in Pennsylvania border
Wayne to the west, south & east. Sixty-percent of the county is woodland. Principal streams
are the Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers and Wallenpaupack Creek. |
