Welcome to Wayne, NY
The region of the Town of Wayne, New York, was first settled around 1791 by Abraham Hendricks; and it was organized as the Town of Frederickstown on 18 May 1796, when the County of Steuben County, New York, was formed from a part of the larger Ontario County, New York. Early settlers include Ephriam Sanford, Anthony Swarthout, Jabez Hopkins, and Joseph Bailey.
The town changed its name to "Wayne" on April 6, 1808 in honor of the Revolutionary War hero General Anthony Wayne (see below) and included what is now the smaller hamlet of Wayne, NY. Afterwards, the town was substantially reduced in size by the formation of other towns, including Reading (1806), Orange (1813) and Barrington (1826), and Tyrone (1822). In 1854 the size of the township was again reduced by moving a parcel of land to the Town of Tyrone, which included a large portion of the hamlet of Wayne. Also, a former hamlet in the township, further south, was known as "Wayne Four Corners".
