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Facts of Interest

  • Population: 93,765
  • Year Organized: 1823
  • Area: 604 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Lyons
  • Main Industry: Manufacturing
  • County Legislators: 15
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • State Parks: 2
  • School Districts: 11
  • Communities: 34
  • 58 Uniformed Police Officers

  • Named in honor of General Anthony Wayne, whose victory over the confederated American Indian tribes made possible the 1794 treaty that assured ownership
    of western New York to the United States.
  • Birthplace of the Mormon religion (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) in the town of Palymra.
  • Home of the Alling Coverlet Museum, the largest collection of homespun coverlets in the United States.
  • Home of the Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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