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Waymart is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough's population was 1,341 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
Waymart is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The borough’s population was 1,341 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. The Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad Depot on South Street in Waymart, about 150 feet from where it was originally built in 1875, stands the only remaining Gravity Railroad Depot of the Delaware and Hudson ...
Built in 1875, the structure was originally on the site of plane #7, where coal was stockpiled during the winter months. The location became known as weigh-market, and later Waymart, because coal was weighed there. The Depot was rehabilitated and rededicated in 2006.
- 211 South St PO Box 255 A, Waymart, 18472, PA
- (570) 488-6750
This group was created to promote the activities of the Waymart Area Historical Society. If you know anyone from Waymart and the communities surrounding please invite them to join this group.
Also on exhibit in the museum, in the Loading Platform room, are areas of local history: the schools, places of worship, the Home Front, Military and the South Canaan Post Office circa 1860. In the Waiting Room can be found files of information on the geneology of local names.
At one of the highest points east of the Mississippi river, Waymart locales command amazing views said to reach New York on a clear day. This charming town was named a State Heritage Corridor on Rt 6 in Pennsylvania by Governer Rendell under the PA Heritage Areas Program to celebrate the industries and transportation corridor that helped build ...
Waymart became a thriving small town because of the Gravity Railroad. It was the weigh station, the coal storage area and home for several hundred people who built, maintained and operated the tracks and the stationary steam engines that were located at each of the planes.
