Lake Como, Pennsylvania | |
Official Name: | Village of Lake Como |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Nickname: | Como |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Lake Como |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Lake Como." |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Lake Como's location within Pennsylvania. |
Coordinates: | 41.8497°N -75.3369°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | U.S. Congressional District |
Subdivision Name2: | 10 |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Wayne |
Subdivision Type4: | School District |
Subdivision Name4: | Wayne Highlands Region I |
Subdivision Type5: | Magisterial District |
Subdivision Name5: | 22-3-04[1] |
Subdivision Type6: | Townships |
Subdivision Name6: | Buckingham Preston |
Established Title: | Settled |
Named For: | Lake Como, Italy |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | Eastern Daylight (EDT) |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 463 |
Elevation Ft: | 1519 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 18437 |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1178772[2] |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 42-127-62600[3] -40968 |
Blank2 Name: | Major Roads |
Blank3 Name: | Waterways |
Lake Como is a village in Buckingham and Preston Townships in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
The town is named after Lake Como in Italy.[4]
Lake Como between 20 and 30 houses along its shores, inhabited by a mix of year-round residents and vacationers.
Nearby are summer camps Nesher, Lohikan, Wayne and Morasha. Landmarks include "The Fort," "The Rock Wall", and "Endless LW."
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]