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Wayne is an unincorporated community on Philadelphia's Main Line, centered in Radnor Township, Delaware County, and spilling into Tredyffrin Township in Chester County and Upper Merion Township in Montgomery County.

Wayne began as a railroad stop called Cleaver's Landing and was renamed Wayne Station after Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne.

Wayne was built by design, not by accident: in 1880 banker A.J. Drexel and newspaper editor G.W. Childs bought the land to create the Wayne Estate, one of America's earliest planned suburbs, advertising water, light, and drainage provided from the start 'by the most approved modern methods.'

The Census Bureau recognized a Wayne census-designated place for the first time in the 2020 census, counting 7,160 people within Radnor Township, while the wider Wayne postal area (ZIP code 19087) held 33,501 people and 12,987 households.

The Wayne area is among the wealthiest in the nation — the median household income across the 19087 community was $161,554 in the 2020 census.

Wayne's center was designated the Downtown Wayne Historic District in 2012, and the Wayne Hotel, the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Wayne, and the North and South Wayne Historic Districts are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chanticleer Garden, a celebrated public garden built on a former estate, is one of Wayne's signature attractions, along with the art deco Anthony Wayne Theatre.

Radnor High School, the public high school for most of Wayne, stands about a mile from downtown, while Radnor Middle School and the school district headquarters sit right in the heart of the business district.

Valley Forge Military College is located in Wayne, and Villanova University and Eastern University are just a short drive away.

Wayne is served by three SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line stations — Wayne, St. Davids, and Strafford — on the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line about 14 miles from Center City Philadelphia.