Lake Como, Pennsylvania

Lake Como, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Lake Como
PA 247 northbound in Lake Como
Nickname:  Como
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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 after	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	570
GNIS feature ID	1178772 [2]
FIPS code	42-127-62600 [3] -40968 [2]

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

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. 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.^{[ dead link ]}
4. Frank, Norcross (January 1, 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.