Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Northampton

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Wilsonville (1799–1802); Milford (1802–1805); Bethany (1805–1841); Honesdale (1841–)

Land area: 726 square miles

Population (2020): 51,155

Population (historic): 2,562 (1800); 7,663 (1830); 32,239 (1860); 30,171 (1900); 28,420 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1880; 1920–1940; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Six boroughs; six CDPs; 22 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,376 (19.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 25%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,914
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,427
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,082
Average farm size (1920): 38.3 acres
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Honesdale

Namesake: Philip Hone, New York mayor

Founding: 1826 (platting); 1828 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,458

Population (historic): 433 (1830); 2,263 (1850); 2,654 (1870); 2,864 (1900); 5,490 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1826–1870; 1880–1910; 1920–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,363 (59.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Curtis Farm (1819). 546 White Rock Road. Clinton. Federal/Gothic Revival.
2. Egbert Woodbridge House (c. 1815). 144 Savitz Road. Salem. Federal.
3. Octagonal School (c. 1830). Cortez Road and Mid-Valley Road. South Canaan.

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