Wayne is a town located in the northeast corner of Steuben County, New York, United States.

Early settlers include Ephriam Sanford, Anthony Swarthout, Jabez Hopkins, and Joseph Bailey.

In 1854, the size of the township was again reduced by moving a parcel of land to the town of Tyrone, which included a large portion of the hamlet of Wayne.

He was a Marine who traveled with Commodore Matthew Perry's squadron which opened Japan to western trade.

He later returned as a Baptist missionary and was inspired to invent the rickshaw in order to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Tokyo.

Francis M. McDowell, one of the seven founders of the National Grange and its treasurer for 21 years was born in Wayne, NY.

In the 1860s, he returned to Wayne to grow grapes on the shores of Lake Keuka.

Samuel Hallett is known for building the largest home in Wayne, known as the "Aisle of Pines".