Wayne County, New York

Founding: 1823
Parent counties: Ontario and Seneca
Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Lyons (1823–)
Land area: 604 square miles
Population (2020): 91,283
Population (historic): 33,643 (1830); 47,762 (1860); 51,700 (1880); 48,660 (1900); 49,995 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1900s; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Seven villages; ten CDPs; 15 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,376 (32%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,199
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,098

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,980
Average farm size (1920): 57 acres
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Lyons

 
Namesake: Lyon, France
Founding: circa 1796 (founding); 1811 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,989
Population (historic): 3,350 (1870); 4,475 (1890); 4,460 (1910); 3,956 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1940–1960; 1980s; 2010s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,005 (55.5%)
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