Waresboro, Georgia
Waresboro | |
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  Waresboro Location within the state of Georgia  Waresboro Waresboro (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°14′56.4″N 82°28′27.84″W / 31.249000°N 82.4744000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Ware |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Waresboro is an unincorporated community in Ware County, Georgia, United States, located west of Waycross. The community is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
In 1824, Waresboro was the first county seat of Ware County. In 1860, newspaperman and lawyer Carey Wentworth Styles practiced law in Waresboro, after moving to the community from Brunswick where he had been mayor. While in Waresboro, Styles published the Georgia Forester, a weekly newspaper. In 1861, Styles was elected as a delegate from Ware County to the Georgia Secession Convention where, along with the other delegate from Ware, Col. William Angus McDonald, Styles voted to secede.[1] Styles left Waresboro at the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army. After the war, he moved to Atlanta, where he founded the Atlanta Constitution.[2]A railroad junction located some miles away from Waresboro grew into the city of Waycross, which eventually became the hub of commerce in Ware County. In 1873, Waycross replaced Waresboro as the county seat, sending the Waresboro area into a slow decline.
The community of Waresboro was granted a city charter by act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 9, 1893.[3] As the neighboring city of Waycross grew, the fortunes of Waresboro diminished. Eventually, the city reverted back to an unincorporated community, which remains the current status.
According to the Waycross Journal Herald dated November 13, 1975, Louise Mock donated the oldest home in Ware County to the Okeefenokee Heritage Center.
References
- ^ Jefferson Davis (12 March 2012). The Papers of Jefferson Davis: 1871-1879. LSU Press. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0-8071-3907-3.
- ^ Raymond B. Nixon (June 17, 1945). "Constitution's Founder Fought for Georgia with Pen and Sword". The Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Georgia (1893). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Clark & Hines, State Printers. pp. 335–345.
External links
- Vanishing South Georgia - Photos of Waresboro
- Image of original Ware County Courthouse in Waresboro (1870-1880)
Municipalities and communities of Ware County, Georgia, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |