Welcome to Waynesville ...

Waynesville is located in Dauphin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Waynesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Waynesville is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Waynesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Waynesville: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Waynesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Waynesville - they are located in Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waynesville.

Communities near Waynesville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waynesville.

Harrisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 49,322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <4>
Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Dauphin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,623 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
Mechanicsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Cumberland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,017 people
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Camp Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Camp Hill is located in Cumberland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Hill <4>
Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lebanon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmyra <4>
New Cumberland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,300 people
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Steelton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steelton is located in Dauphin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,957 people
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Hummelstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
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Lemoyne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lemoyne is located in Cumberland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,632 people
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Wormleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wormleysburg is located in Cumberland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,062 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wormleysburg <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Waynesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waynesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waynesville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waynesville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waynesville. See our Newspapers Page for Waynesville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waynesville ...

Looking for more information about Waynesville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Waynesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Waynesville.

Adding Waynesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waynesville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Waynesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Waynesville post office opened in 1883. The Waynesville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waynesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waynesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Waynesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Waynesville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/