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Waynesboro Town Center (formerly, Waynesborough)
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Waynesboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: *Waynesboro, Georgia *Waynesboro, Mississippi *Waynesboro, Pennsylvania *Waynesboro, Tennessee *Waynesboro, Virginia See also *Waynesborough, historic home of General Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), in Paoli, Pennsylvania *Goldsboro, North Carolina Goldsboro, originally Goldsborough, is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 33,657 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesboro, Georgia
Waynesboro () is a city and the county seat of Burke County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,472 at the 2024 census. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. Waynesboro is 37 minutes south of downtown Augusta by car via US 25. Waynesboro is known as "The Bird Dog Capital of the World". The Waynesboro Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Waynesboro is located in Burke County, one of the eight original counties of Georgia. The city was named after General Anthony Wayne, whose daring efforts during the Revolutionary War earned him the nickname "Mad Anthony Wayne". Although European Americans lived in the area before the Revolutionary War, the town was not laid out until 1783. The city was officially incorporated in 1883 as Waynesborough. The name was changed to Waynesboro sometime after. It developed as the trading and government center of the county, and is the site of the county courthouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesboro, Mississippi
Waynesboro () is a city in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,043 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County. History In 1854, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was built through Wayne County, and Waynesboro Station was built about five miles north of Winchester. Around Waynesboro Station, the railroad laid the future town of Waynesboro and sold property. In 1867, Waynesboro replaced Winchester as the county seat. The discovery of oil in Wayne County during the 1940s drove an economic and population boom. In the 1940s, Waynesboro's population more than doubled, increasing from 1,445 residents in 1940 to 3,442 residents in 1950. Two radio stations are licensed to Waynesboro. WABO (AM) began broadcasting in 1954 and WABO-FM in 1973. Geography Waynesboro is located at (31.674026, -88.643553), just east of the Chickasawhay River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 0.15% is wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
Waynesboro () is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located on the southern border of the state, Waynesboro is in the Cumberland Valley between Hagerstown, Maryland, Hagerstown, Maryland, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It is part of Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. It is two miles north of the Mason–Dixon line and close to Camp David and the Raven Rock Mountain Complex. The population within the borough limits was 10,951 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. When combined with the surrounding Washington and Quincy Townships, the population of greater Waynesboro is 31,166. The Waynesboro Area School District serves a resident population of 33,182, according to 2020 federal census data. History The region around Antietam Creek had been home to Native Americans, primarily Susquehannock and Lenape, for thous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesboro, Tennessee
Waynesboro () is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,449 at the 2010 census, up from 2,228 in 2000. History Waynesboro was founded in 1821 as a county seat for the newly created Wayne County. The city initially consisted of a plot that included the courthouse and jail. A school, Ashland Academy, was established in 1843. The city incorporated in 1850. Geography Waynesboro is concentrated around the junction of Tennessee State Route 13, State Route 13 and U.S. Route 64, south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, and east Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis. Tennessee State Route 99, State Route 99, which intersects US 64 in eastern Waynesboro, connects the city with Hohenwald, Tennessee, Hohenwald to the northeast. The Natchez Trace Parkway intersects US 64 a few miles east of Waynesboro. Waynesboro lies along the banks of the Green River (Tennessee), Green River, which slices a narrow valley oriented north-to-south en route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesboro, Virginia
Waynesboro (; formerly Flack) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a principal city of the Staunton-Waynesboro micropolitan area, Staunton-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waynesboro is located in the Shenandoah Valley and is surrounded by Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 22,196. History Located in the British Colony of Virginia, even after the American Revolution and independence and statehood for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the areas west of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains were known as the frontier. Travel by wagon over the mountains was considered to be nearly impossible except where nature afforded some gap between them. Until after the Civil War, Jarmans Gap, only some six miles northeast of Waynesboro, was the major crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains in that area, making Waynes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesborough
Waynesborough, also known as the Gen. Anthony Wayne House, is a historic house museum at 2049 Waynesborough Road in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1724 and repeatedly enlarged, it was for many years the home of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne (1745–1796). A National Historic Landmark, it is now a museum operated by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, offering tours and event rentals. Description and history Waynesborough is located about south of the center of Paoli, on the north side of Waynesborough Road. It is a roughly U-shaped stone structure, the main block stories in height and covered by a gabled roof. It is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a gabled hood. The roof has two gabled dormers to the front and three to the rear, with two interior stone chimneys. Lower two-story wings extend toward the rear on the right side and to the left on the left side. The left (west) wing is the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
