THE WAYCROSS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Bacon Terraces setting.
Waycross city has 11.9 square miles of land in Pierce County, Ware County. Its Census reference point is in Bacon Terraces, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Waycross intersects 2 county geographies: Pierce County, Ware County. A Waycross mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Waycross by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Waycross, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points lower than the 2.9% recorded for Georgia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Waycross city has 8.4 times the land area of nearby Sunnyside CDP (1.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

