Jaworzynka

Jaworzynkaⓘ is a village in Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

The village is situated in the Beskid Śląski mountain range, near Poland's borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village's name is a toponym, deriving from the Polish word for sycamore trees (jawor) in its diminuitive form (jaworzyna).

According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 1,369 in 1880 to 1,642 in 1910 with the majority being native Silesian and Polish-speakers (between 99.4% and 99.9%) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 8 or 0.6% in 1890) and Czech-speaking people (at most 6 or 0.4% in 1910).

Many families from the Jaworzyka and Istebna area emigrated to Sheridan, Wyoming to work in underground coal mines along the Tongue River.