Ware County, Georgia Basics:
Ware County Georgia - Government Site
Population: 35,748
Area: 902 square miles
County Seat: Waycross
Area Code(s) in use: 912
Time Zone: EST
Adjacent counties:
Atkinson Bacon Baker (FL) Brantley Charlton Clinch Coffee Columbia (FL) Pierce
Map of the Ware County area
Our detail map of Ware County shows Ware County, Georgia boundary lines and other interesting items.
Places in Ware County, Georgia
Airport
Bivins Airport, Memorial Hospital Heliport, Pafford Field, Waycross-Ware County Airport
Bay
Poke Bay, Stevens Bay
Building
Baptist Village Nursing Home, Riverside Nursing Home, Ware County Courthouse, Ware County Jail, Ware Manor Nursing Home, Waycross City Hall, Waycross Public Library
Canal
Cedar Hammock Canal, City Drainage Canal, Suwannee Canal, Suwannee River Sill
Cape
Fivemile Point, Mary Howell Point, Seldom Seen Point
Cemetery
Bagley Cemetery, Barner Cemetery, Bennett Cemetery, Carter Cemetery, Chauncey Cemetery, Crestwood Memorial Gardens, Greenlawn Cemetery, Hazzard Hill Cemetery, Kettle Creek Cemetery, Lott Cemetery, Moore Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Red Oak Cemetery, Walden Cemetery, Waresboro Cemetery
Church
Albany Avenue Baptist Church, Antioch Baptist Church, Astoria Church, Austin Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Bickley Church, Booth Church, Brooks Church, Calvary Baptist Church, Camp Branch Church, Central Baptist Church, Church of Christ, Church of Christ, Church of God, Church of God, Church of God of Wahoma, Dixie Union Church, El Bethel Church, Ezekiel Church, First Assembly of God Church, First Baptist Church, First Born Sanctified Church, First Christian Church, First Church of the Nazarene, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Friendship Baptist Church, Friendship Church, Full Gospel Assembly Church, Full Gospel Mission, Gaines Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Gilchrist Methodist Church, Glad Tidings Church, Grace Church, Grace Episcopal Church, Hargrave Chapel, Haywood Church, Hebardville Methodist Episcopal Church, Hephzibah Church, House of Prayer, Indian Mound Church, Jamestown Baptist Church, Jordan Church, Kettle Creek Church, King Solomon Methodist Episcopal Church, Liberty Church, Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Macedonia Baptist Church, Manor Chapel, Manor Church, Millwood Church, Morton Avenue Baptist Mission, Mount Green Church, Mount Olive Chapel Church of Christ, Mount Olive Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Mount Zion Methodist Church, New Hope Baptist Church, New Prospect Church, Newbern Church, Oak Grove Church, Okefenokee Church, Old Ruskin Church, Pebble Hill Church, Pillar of Ground Sanctified Church, Pine Grove Church, Pine Valley Church, Pine View Church, Piney Grove Church, Pittman Chapel, Providence Church, Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church, Saint James Baptist Church, Saint Johns Baptist Church, Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church, Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church, Saint Pauls Baptist Church, Saint Pauls Number 3 Church, Saint Peters Baptist Church, Saint Peters Missionary Baptist Church, Salem Church, Salem Church, Second Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Sunnyside Church, Sweat Memorial Church, Telmore Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Greater Mount Olive Church, Trinity Methodist Church, Waycross Gospel Tabernacle, Westside Assembly of God Church, Westside Church, Whitehall Free Will Baptist Church, Williams Chapel, Woodard Chapel, Young Memorial Chapel, Zenith Church, Zion Hill Church, Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church
Civil
Ware County
Dam
Gerbin Lake Dam, Herrin Pond Dam, King 0 Lee Lake Dam, Laura S Walker State Park Lake Dam, Shriners Club Lake Dam
Flat
Smokehouse Jam, The Pocket
Forest
Dixon Memorial State Forest
Gap
Goose House Gap
Hospital
Satilla Regional Medical Center, Ware County Health Center
Island
Bay Island, Bear Island, Bearpen Island, Big Bay Island, Big Cypress Camp Island, Black Hammock, Black River Island, Blackjack Island, Briar Island, Broomstraw Island, Bugaboo Island, Burnt Island, Bush Island, Cane Break Island, Charles Island, Cravens Hammock, Croaker Island, Deer Gallus Island, Gainey Island, Galberry Island, Hillard Island, Hog Gallus Island, Hog Island, Hog Island, Honey Island, Honey Scrub Island, Horseshoe Island, Huckleberry Island, Huckleberry Island, Jack Island, Lingerfelt Island, Little Island, Little Pine Island, Little Scrub Island, Long Island, Middle Strange Island, Mims Island, Mitchell Island, Negro Camp Island, New Island, Number One Island, Palmetto Island, Pine Island, Pine Island, Pine Island, Pope Island, Round Timber Island, Sandy Island, Scrub Island, Soldiers Camp Island, Strange Island, Suwannee Creek Islands, The Island, Well Island, Wheel of Fortune Island, Wildcat Island, Wolf Island
Lake
Altman Pond, Big Cypress Lake, Big Lake, Blackjack Lake, Boone Lake, Buck Lake, Burnett Lake, Buzzards Roost Lake, Cooter Lake, Dan Dunkins Lake, District Pond, Double Lake, Gannet Lake, Gator Head Pond, Jack Lake, Lake Lila, Little Cooter Lake, Long Lake, Lower Lake, Mandy Lake, Monkey Lake, Mud Lake, Piney Woods Lake, Pittmans Pond, Seagrove Lake, Skull Lake, Suwannee Lake, Tar Lake, Turkey Scratch Lake, Walter Lakes, Water Bay, Winona Lake
Locale
Barbers Landing, Bugaboo Landing, Coffee Bay Rest Shelter, Eightmile Post, Fifteenmile Post, Georgia Lions Camp for the Blind, Hatcher Point Mall Shopping Center, Okefenokee Church Camp, Okefenokee Fairgrounds, Satilla Square Shopping Center, Taylors Landing, Twelvemile Post
Military (Historical)
Waycross Army Air Field (historical)
Park
Folks Park, Heritage Center, Laura S Walker State Park, Memorial Stadium, Monroe Park, Newton Field, Voight Field, Waycross Historic District, Waycross State Forest, Winona Park
Populated Place
Astoria, Beach, Bickley, Bolen, Braganza, Crawley, Crews Crossing, Deenwood, Dixie Union, Emerson Park, Fairfax, Garlington Heights Housing Project, Glenmore, Hasty, Haywood, Hebardville, Hinson Crossing, Hopkins, Jamestown, Manor, Millwood, Needham, Pine Valley, Ruskin, Sand Hill, Sappville, Skullhead, Sunnyside, Talmo, Three Points, Viviani, Wahoma, Waltertown, Waresboro, Waycross, Winona Park
Post Office
Waycross Post Office
Reservoir
Baptist Village Lake, Gerbin Lake, Herrin Pond, King 0 Lee Lake, Laura S Walker Lake, Monroe Pond, Shriners Club Lake
Ridge
Moonshine Ridge
School
Alice Street School, Ava Street High School, Bailey Street School, Center High School, Center Junior High School, Central Avenue High School, Colley Street Vocational School, Crawford Street School, Emerson Park School, Gilchrist Park School, Hazzard Hill School, Isabella Street School, Manor School, Memorial Drive School, Morton Avenue School, Quarterman Street School (historical), Reidsville School, Saint Josephs Academy, Southwood School, University of Georgia, Wacona School, Ware County High School, Ware County Junior High School, Waycross Vocational School, Waycross Ware Technical School, Waycross-Ware County Junior College, Williams Heights School
Stream
Alligator Creek, Bailey Branch, Barbers Run, Bear Belly Strand, Big Alligator Creek, Black River, Botherment Branch, Breakfast Branch, Breakfast Branch, Breakfast Branch, Buck Branch, Camp Branch Creek, Cane Creek, Cane Creek, Caney Branch, Coon Branch, Cox Creek, Davis Branch, Double Branches, Dryden Creek, Fullwood Creek, Green River Run, Gum Swamp, Hog Creek, Kettle Creek, Lees Branch, Little Alligator Creek, Little Suwannee Creek, Martha Branch, Mill Branch, Perch Creek, Piney Bay, Seventeen Mile River, Stalsby Creek, Stewart Branch, Sugar Branch, Suwannee Creek, Tom Thumb Creek, Tuten Creek, Water Oak Creek
Swamp
Bennett Bay, Big Bay, Blackjack Prairie, Boggy Bay, Buck Prairie, Burned Out Prairie, Chesser Prairie, Cloughs Bay, Cowhouse Prairie, Cox Prairie, Cribb Bay, Double O Bay, Duboise Bay, Footlog Bay, Gator Wallow, Gooding Bay, Grand Prairie, Hendrix Bay, Honey Island Prairie, Huckleberry Bay, Huckleberry Bay, Huckleberry Bay, Long Pond, Mizell Prairie, Musket Bay, Okefenokee Swamp, Pike Swamp, Pittman Bay, Pittman Bay, Rice Pond, Roundabout Swamp, Sapp Prairie, Stallard Bay, Steedley Bay, Strange Island Prairie, Tom Thumb Bay
Tower
WAYX-AM (Waycross), WWUF-FM (Waycross), WXGA-TV (Waycross), WXVS-FM (Waycross)
Trail
Indian Trail
Ware County, Georgia Population By Race
| Race | Population |
| White | 25,217 |
| Black | 10,007 |
| Mixed | 236 |
| Asian | 204 |
| American Indian | 73 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 11 |