Lake Como, Pennsylvania

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

Lake Como, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Lake Como
Nickname(s):  Como
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Coordinates: 41°50′59″N 75°20′13″W
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 ID	1178772[2]
FIPS code	42-127-62600[3]-40968[2]

Lake Como has approximately 20-30 houses along its shores, both inhabited by year-round residents as well as the occasional vacationers. Lake Como is well known for the local Pizza Shop, Villa Como. It includes several well-known landmarks, such as "The Fort," "The Rock Wall", and "Endless LW."

There is a large aquatic life presence at the lake. The lake contains several types of fish which may be caught with the appropriate fishing licenses: Bass, Pickerel, Walleye, Perch, Blue-Gills, Crappies, Sun-Fish, and Bullheads. There are also several known species of turtles, snakes, frogs, and several different freshwater mussels.

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. 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.