Waynesville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Brantley County,
Georgia
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, United States. It is part of the
Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-larges ...
metropolitan statistical area. Its
ZIP code is 31566. It was first listed as a CDP in the
2020 census with a population of 331.
History
Waynesville derives its name from
Wayne County, of which it once was a part of. Records are contradictory so it is unclear when exactly Waynesville held the county seat.
Geography
Waynesville is located near the old Post Road which is the dividing line between the counties of
Brantley and
Glynn.
Demographics
At the
2020 census, its population was 331.
See also
List of county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other state except for Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely l ...
References
External links
The Story of Miss Goertner Mumford
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Unincorporated communities in Brantley County, Georgia
Brunswick metropolitan area
Former county seats in Georgia (U.S. state)