Wayne County is a county in New York, United States, on the south shore of Lake Ontario in the Finger Lakes region. It had a population of 91,283 at the 2020 census and covers 1,383 square miles (3,580 km2), of which 604 square miles (1,560 km2) are land and 779 square miles (2,020 km2) are water — more than half the county’s area is open lake — centred near 43\u00b017\u2032N 77\u00b003\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Lyons is the county seat; its postal code is 14489. The county has 7 incorporated villages, 15 towns and a mix of unincorporated hamlets and census-designated places, and sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Wayne County has no incorporated cities. It is divided into 15 towns, the state’s basic unit of local government here, and within them 7 incorporated villages plus numerous unincorporated hamlets. The Village of Lyons, the county seat, dissolved its charter in 2021 and is now an unincorporated hamlet inside the Town of Lyons; several other former villages (Macedon, Marion) dissolved in the 2010s and are listed below as hamlets. CDP = federal census-designated place; Unincorp. = hamlet with no formal municipal boundary.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons<\/td>\n | Unincorp. · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 3,313<\/td>\n | 14489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newark<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Arcadia<\/td>\n | 8,562<\/td>\n | 14513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palmyra<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Palmyra<\/td>\n | 3,309<\/td>\n | 14522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sodus<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Sodus<\/td>\n | 1,884<\/td>\n | 14551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clyde<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Galen<\/td>\n | 2,142<\/td>\n | 14433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wolcott<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Wolcott<\/td>\n | 1,389<\/td>\n | 14590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Red Creek<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Wolcott<\/td>\n | 547<\/td>\n | 13143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sodus Point<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Sodus<\/td>\n | 802<\/td>\n | 14555<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Arcadia<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 13,894<\/td>\n | 14513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Butler<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 2,120<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Galen<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 4,470<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Huron<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 1,997<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lyons (town)<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 5,124<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Macedon<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 10,479<\/td>\n | 14502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marion<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 4,647<\/td>\n | 14505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ontario<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 10,437<\/td>\n | 14519<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palmyra (town)<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 7,571<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rose<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 2,148<\/td>\n | 14542<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Savannah<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 1,632<\/td>\n | 13146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sodus (town)<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 8,264<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Walworth<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 7,689<\/td>\n | 14568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Williamson<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 6,509<\/td>\n | 14589<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wolcott (town)<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 4,382<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Macedon Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Macedon<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Macedon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Macedon<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Palmyra<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Palmyra<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hydesville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Arcadia<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Rose<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Rose<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Wolcott<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Wolcott<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Huron<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Huron<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sodus Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Sodus<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Sodus<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Sodus<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Butler<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Butler<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 13154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Butler<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Butler<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wallington<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Huron<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Williamson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Williamson<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pultneyville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Williamson<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14538<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wayneport<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Macedon<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wayne Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Ontario<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ontario Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Ontario<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Rose<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Walworth<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Walworth<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Union Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Ontario<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14563<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Alloway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Galen<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 14433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fairville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Arcadia<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Two pairs of names are easy to confuse: the hamlet of Lyons (the county seat) sits inside the separate Town of Lyons, and the hamlets of Palmyra, Sodus and Wolcott share their names with the towns that contain them — the table lists the town rows as “(town)” for clarity. A short list of very local names from older gazetteers — mobile-home-park and small subdivision names such as Alton MH Park, Arrowhead MH Park, Galvins MH Park, Sodus MH Park, Hidden Valley MH Park, Idlewood On The Lake, Vienna Estates, Willow Creek Estates, Green Meadows Park, Orchard Grove Village Park, Trolley Bed Road Park and Whispering Woods — are private developments rather than recognized places and are omitted here; see notes for the full drop list.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nHuron, North Huron, Wallington and West Butler have no dedicated post office and use the ZIP code of the nearest listed town.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nWayne County stretches from the Lake Ontario shoreline south across the Ontario Lake Plain, a flat-to-gently-rolling belt of drumlins and fertile glacial soils that makes the county one of New York’s top apple- and fruit-growing areas. The Erie Canal crosses the southern part of the county through Lyons, Newark and Palmyra, and Sodus Bay, a natural harbor on Lake Ontario, is the county’s main recreational waterway. More than half the county’s total area is water, almost all of it Lake Ontario.<\/p>\n Wayne County borders Monroe County<\/a> to the west, Cayuga County<\/a> to the east, Ontario County<\/a> to the south, and Seneca County to the southeast, with Lake Ontario and the Canadian border along its entire north side.<\/p>\n Wayne County had 91,283 residents at the 2020 census. Newark, its largest village, has about 8,562 people; Arcadia, the town that contains Newark, is the most populous town at 13,894. The county’s median household income runs below the New York median of $82,095, reflecting its largely rural, agricultural economy outside the Rochester commuter towns of Macedon, Walworth and Ontario. Population density is about 151 people per square mile of land area.<\/p>\n Agriculture anchors much of the county — Wayne County is consistently ranked New York’s top apple-producing county, and its orchards, muck-farm onion and vegetable operations, and cider and wine producers cluster along the lake plain. The towns of Macedon, Walworth and Ontario, closest to Rochester, have grown as commuter and light-industrial suburbs, while Newark and Lyons remain the county’s traditional retail and government centers. Wayne County Community College hosts a satellite campus in Newark, and Sodus Point and Sodus Bay draw seasonal boating and tourism traffic each summer.<\/p>\n Wayne County was formed on April 11, 1823, from parts of Seneca and Ontario counties, and named for General Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War commander known as “Mad Anthony” Wayne. The county sits at the center of the “Burned-over District,” the religiously fervent stretch of upstate New York that produced major 19th-century movements: Joseph Smith reported the founding revelations of Mormonism near Palmyra in the 1820s, and the Fox sisters’ 1848 “rappings” at Hydesville, in the Town of Arcadia, are credited with launching the Spiritualism movement. The Erie Canal, completed through the county in 1825, brought the trade that built Lyons and Newark into commercial centers.<\/p>\n New York State Route 31 runs the length of the county alongside the Erie Canal, with Routes 14, 21, 88, 104, 350, 370, 414 and 441 connecting the towns and lakeshore hamlets; the New York State Thruway (I-90) skirts the county’s south edge.<\/p>\n Greater Rochester International Airport, about 30 miles from Lyons, is the nearest commercial airport.<\/p>\n Where is Wayne County, New York?<\/strong> What is the population of Wayne County?<\/strong> How big is Wayne County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Wayne County?<\/strong> How many towns and villages are in Wayne County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Wayne County?<\/strong> |