Wayside, Georgia 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 ...

Jones County, Georgia Jones County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,347. The county seat is Gray. The county was created on December 10, 1807, and named after U.S. Representative Jame ...

. It is included in zip code 31032. It is a

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at according to

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. The name Wayside was selected for the community in the 1880s when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Wayside was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1959. It is the location of the Herman and Allene Shaver House, which is listed on the

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. Includes 25 photos from 2013. Father and son Alonzo and James D. Green were innocent African-Americans

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near Round Oak and Wayside,

in retaliation for the murder of popular white farmer Silas Hardin Turner on July 4, 1915. A third man, William Bostick was also lynched on this day. None of those killed received a trial.

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* Geography of Jones County, Georgia {{JonesCountyGA-geo-stub