Waycross
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city in Ware County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Ware
- Mayor
- Michael-Angelo James
- City
- 11.96 sq mi (30.97 km )
- Land
- 11.86 sq mi (30.73 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 130 ft (40 m)
- Density
- 1,180/sq mi (454/km )
- Urban
- 36,312
- Metro
- 54,494
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 31501–31503
- Fips code
- 13-80956
- Gnis feature id
- 0356622
- Website
- www .waycrossga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Waycross
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ware County
- Population
- 13942
- Area
- 30.92447
- Elevation
- 40
- Capital of
- Ware County
- Official website
- www.waycrossga.com
- Image
- WaycrossGAM13.png
- Households
- 5633
- Dialing code
- 912
Show 6 more facts
- P8168
- IVF
- inception
- 1820-00-00
- postal code
- 31503
- Commons category
- Waycross, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 1.903
- per capita income
- 18358
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Waycross is the county seat of and the 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waycross” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.