Lake Como, Pennsylvania

About
Lake Como, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Lake Como
Nickname(s): 
Como
Lake Como
Lake Como's location within Pennsylvania.
Lake Como
Lake Como (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°50′59″N 75°20′13″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District10
CountyWayne
School DistrictWayne Highlands
Region I
Magisterial District22-3-04[1]
TownshipsBuckingham
Preston
Named forLake Como, Italy
Elevation
1,519 ft (463 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP code
18437
Area code(s)570
GNIS feature ID1178772[2]
FIPS code42-127-62600[3]-40968[2]

Lake Como is a village in Buckingham and Preston Townships in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

Lake Como has approximately 20-30 houses along its shores inhabited by a mix of year-round residents and vacationers.

Local businesses include Villa Como Italian Restaurant, The Fishin Hole Bar & Grill and The Jericho Dairy Bar.

Nearby are summer camps Lohikan, Wayne and Morasha.

Landmarks include "The Fort," "The Rock Wall", and "Endless LW."

There are many fish in the private lake: Bass, Pickerel, Walleye, Perch, Blue-Gills, Crappies, Sun-Fish, and Bullheads. There are also turtles, snakes, frogs and freshwater mussels.

History

"These were the sons and daughters of Homer Horton. His wife, Jane Davidge, belonged to a famous tanning family.

Her brother, John Davidge, was a tanner. With H.H. Crary he built the tannery at Sands Creek, near Hancock, in 1849.

With Lucien Horton he built the Lake Como tannery and settled and named the town. "

"Her brother,' Lucien Horton, second son of Homer Horton, commenced tanning at Lake Como in i860 with John Davidge.

They named the town after the famous Italian lake, as it stood on a similar body of water. " [4]

References
  1. "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. "Lake Como". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Preston Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  4. Frank, Norcross (1 January 1901). "A History of the New York swamp" (PDF). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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