Wayland (town), New York

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 Wayland. The town is in the northern part of the county, northwest of Bath, New York.

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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.5 square miles (102.4 km²), of which, 39.0 square miles (101.1 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.31%) is water.

The north and part of the west town lines form the border of Livingston County.

New York State Route 21 is a north-south highway in the town and intersects New York State Route 15 and New York State Route 63 in the village of Wayland. Interstate 390 crosses the town from west to east.

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