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Wayland is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 4,314 at the 2000 census. The Town of Wayland contains a village called Wayland. The town is in the northern part of the county, northwest of Bath. [edit] History
The region was first settled by European Americans around 1806, after the Revolutionary War. In historic times, for centuries it had been territory inhabited by the Seneca Native Americans, one of the powerful five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. The town was formed in 1848 from the Towns of Cohocton and Dansville. Part of Wayland was used to form the Town of Fremont in 1854. The Rowe House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On August 30, 1943, the Lackawanna Limited wreck, occurred when the Lackawanna Limited, flagship passenger train of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad sideswiped a local freight that had not cleared into a siding, killing 29 people near the Gunlocke chair factory. [edit] Research Tips
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