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

Lake Como, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Lake Como
Nickname: 
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]

History


The town is named after Lake Como in Italy.[4]


Background


Lake Como between 20 and 30 houses along its shores, inhabited by a mix of year-round residents and vacationers.[citation needed]

Nearby are summer camps Nesher, Lohikan, Wayne and Morasha. Landmarks include "The Fort," "The Rock Wall", and "Endless LW."[citation needed]

There are many species of fish in the private lake, including bass, chain pickerel, walleye, perch, blue-gills, crappies, sun-fish, and bullheads. There are also turtles, snakes, frogs and freshwater mussels.[5]


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, United States Department of the Interior. 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.[dead link]
  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.
  5. Report of the State Commissioners of Fisheries. Pennsylvania State Commissioners of Fisheries. 1897.





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