F.A.Q.'s
Wayne County
Population – 88,637
- Wayne County is the 2 nd largest producer of apples in the country
- Named for General Anthony Wayne of the War of 1812
- Wayne County hosts the oldest fair in the state – held in Palmyra
- Palmyra is the only place in the United States with a major church on each corner of a main street. This is mentioned in Ripley's "Believe It Or Not"
- Palmyra is host to the Historic Hill Cumorah Pageant – one of the oldest outdoor pageants in America
- Palmyra is birthplace of the Church Of Latter Day Saints – Mormons
- Winston Churchill's grandparents were married in Palmyra – his great grandparents lived and are buried in Palmyra
- The oldest registered New York State sugar maple tree is in the town of Ontario .
- Indians named Sodus Bay which means "Silvery waters"