Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
WAYNE COUNTY, situated on the north of New York, with Lake Ontario on the north. Area, 572 square miles. Face of the country, broken; soil, generally fertile. Seat of justice, Lyons. Pop. in 1820, 20,319; in 1830, 33,655; in 1840, 42,057; in 1850, 44,953. (Fanning's, 1853)