Editing Waynesboro, Tennessee (section)

==History==

Waynesboro was founded in 1821 as a county seat for the newly created Wayne County.  The city initially consisted of a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot that included the courthouse and jail.  A school, Ashland Academy, was established in 1843.<ref>Austin Foster and Mel Foster, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0vQ9Ml-6C6oC Counties of Tennessee]'' (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009), p. 92.</ref> The city incorporated in 1850.<ref name=bluebook />