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Waycross is the county seat of and only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census . Waycross gets its name from the city's location at key railroad junctions; lines from six directions meet at the city.
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County. The county is named for Nicholas Ware , the mayor of Augusta , Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824.
Off Swamp Rd. approximately 7 mi. S of Waycross: Waycross: Built in 1870, the main house, kitchen building, and well are on the NRHP. website: 2: Downtown Waycross Historic District: Downtown Waycross Historic District
Memorial Stadium is a 12,000-capacity county-owned stadium located in Waycross, Georgia, the largest city in and county seat of Ware County in the southern part of the state. Noted for its J-shaped main stand, Memorial Stadium was originally intended as a multi-use venue that would be home to both baseball and football in Ware County.
In April 1930 Ware County and the City of Waycross established an airport three miles northwest of the city. A 1935 airport guide described the Ware County Airport as a sod airfield, roughly a half mile square, with a hangar, no servicing, and operated by the Department of Commerce.
Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission .
Ware State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. [ 1 ] The facility first opened in 1990, and has a maximum capacity of 1546 inmates.
The Ware County School District is a public school district in Ware County, Georgia, United States, based in Waycross. It serves the communities of Deenwood , Dixie Union , Manor , Millwood , Ruskin , Sunnyside , Waresboro , and Waycross.