Place:Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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Name
Waynesville
Alternate names
Mount Prospect     (Family History Library Catalog)
Type
Town
Coordinates
35.483°N 82.994°W
Located in
Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Waynesville is an incorporated town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States of America and is its county seat. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30 miles or 50 km southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,232 with an estimate (by the town government) of 10,000 as of early 2007. Waynesville is located just outside the Pisgah National Forest and is close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Waynesville and Haywood County are part of the four-county Asheville MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), currently the 5th largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. It is the third largest town in the MSA behind the cities of Asheville and Hendersonville.

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