The county's lowest point, at approximately 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, is along the Delaware, near Wayne County's border with Pike County, Pennsylvania. Two other summits at the north end of the same ridge also exceed 2,640 ft (800 m) in elevation. The highest elevation in the county, 2,659 ft (810 m), is the summit of Mount Ararat in Orson. The middle section of Wayne County is a wide plain. 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. In the wider northern half, the land is rugged along its border with New York State, while the southern portion tends to be swampier. Census Bureau, Wayne County has a total area of 751 square miles (1,950 km 2), of which 726 square miles (1,880 km 2) is land and 25 square miles (65 km 2) (3.3%) is water. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River, rises in southern Wayne County.Īccording to the U.S. 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 seat is the Borough of Honesdale. The county's population was 51,155 at the 2020 census. Wayne is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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