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Waynesville
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town in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Haywood
- Mayor
- Gary Caldwell
- Total
- 8.93 sq mi (23.14 km )
- Land
- 8.93 sq mi (23.14 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 2,697 ft (822 m)
- Density
- 1,134.7/sq mi (438.11/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 28738, 28785, 28786
- Fips code
- 37-71500
- Website
- www .townofwaynesville .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home Page | The Town of Waynesville, NC
townofwaynesville.org →Link to the official site · 2,942 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Waynesville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Haywood County
- Population
- 10140
- Area
- 23.112615
- Elevation
- 839
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Haywood County
- Official website
- www.townofwaynesville.org
- Image
- Downtown Waynesville NC.jpg
- Households
- 4675
- Dialing code
- 828
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- Commons category
- Waynesville, North Carolina
- inception
- 1810-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 27788
- postal code
- 28786
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains.
As of the 2020 census, Waynesville had a population of 10,140. The town is located just outside the Pisgah National Forest and is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Waynesville and Haywood County are part of the four-county Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area, currently the fifth largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. It is the third largest town in the MSA behind the cities of Asheville and Hendersonville.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waynesville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.