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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.
The Downtown Waycross Historic District in Waycross, Georgia is a 50-acre (20 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [ 1 ] It includes the Post Office , the Phoenix Hotel among totals of 47 contributing buildings , two other contributing structures, two contributing sites, and three ...
The Waycross Historic District is a 178-acre (72 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [ 1 ] The district then included 237 contributing buildings and one contributing structure.
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
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.
Expansion occurred in 1993 when the Waycross City Schools dropped their charter and Waycross High was absorbed by Ware County Senior High. In 1994, the doors were opened to a new high school in Ware County. It is located on Victory Drive, and is home to more than 1500 students and 110 faculty members.
The Waycross Air Line Railroad, chartered in 1887, was an air-line railroad in Georgia.It began operations between Waycross and Sessoms in 1890. In 1901, the railroad had extended as far as Fitzgerald, Georgia, at which time its charter was amended for an extension to Birmingham, Alabama, and it was renamed the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad.
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.