Lake Como, Pennsylvania

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Lake Como, Pennsylvania
Village of Lake Como
Nickname: 
Como
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Lake Como
Lake Como (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°50′59″N75°20′13″W / 41.84972°N 75.33694°W / 41.84972; -75.33694
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District 10
County Wayne
School District Wayne Highlands
Region I
Magisterial District 22-3-04 [1]
Townships Buckingham
Preston
Named for Lake Como, Italy
Elevation
1,519 ft (463 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP code
18437
Area code(s) 570
GNIS feature ID1178772 [2]
FIPS code 42-127-62600 [3] -40968 [2]

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

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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]

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References

  1. "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Lake Como". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Preston Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved January 31, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[ dead link ]
  4. Frank, Norcross (January 1, 1901). "A History of the New York swamp" (PDF).PD-icon.svg 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.