Waycross, Georgia

E123066
city county seat

Waycross, Georgia is a small city in southeastern Georgia known as a regional railroad hub and gateway to the Okefenokee Swamp.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Waycross, Georgia canonical 13
Waycross 2
Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 912 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Ware County ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 60 miles northwest of Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
approximately 80 miles southwest of Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass populated place ⓘ
governmentType city government ⓘ
hasAttraction Laura S. Walker State Park ⓘ
Okefenokee Swamp Park ⓘ
Southern Forest World ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType public schools ⓘ
hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 84 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (partial) ⓘ
surface form: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
hasNearbyStatePark Laura S. Walker State Park ⓘ
hasRailFacility Rice Yard ⓘ
incorporatedIn 19th century ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Ware County ⓘ
isGatewayTo Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (partial) ⓘ
surface form: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
knownFor gateway to the Okefenokee Swamp ⓘ
regional railroad hub ⓘ
locatedIn Coastal Plain region of Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Plain of Georgia

Ware County, Georgia ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Georgia ⓘ
southeastern Georgia ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain
namedFor location at the crossing of railroads ⓘ
near Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (partial) ⓘ
surface form: Okefenokee Swamp
partOf United States South ⓘ
Ware County, Georgia ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 3150 ⓘ
primaryEconomicSectors railroad industry ⓘ
timber and forestry ⓘ
tourism related to Okefenokee Swamp ⓘ
railroadHistory major junction for several rail lines ⓘ
regionCode US-GA ⓘ
servedByRailroad CSX Transportation ⓘ
servedBySchoolDistrict Ware County School District ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
timezone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
timeZoneStandard UTC−05:00 ⓘ
transportationRole regional transportation hub ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia State Route 520 → connectsCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (partial) → nearestCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
subject surface form: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia → hasSeat → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Georgia State Route 38 → connectsCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waycross
Georgia State Route 38 → passesThrough → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waycross
Ware County, Georgia → countySeat → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Ware County, Georgia → largestCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Ware County, Georgia → partOf → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area
Ware County, Georgia → hasRegionalCenter → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Pernell Roberts → placeOfBirth → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waycross, Georgia, United States
US 23 → passesThrough → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
U.S. Route 84 → passesThroughCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Plant System → keyHub → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway → servedCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Georgia's 8th congressional district → containsCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
Georgia's 12th congressional district → contains → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Waycross, Georgia
U.S. Route 23 → passesThrough → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ
South Georgia → hasCity → Waycross, Georgia ⓘ