Augusta County Town, Waynesborough

This close-up of Augusta County's second largest town, Waynesboro (population 457), shows the clustered, extensive development of Augusta's towns.

The map is derived from a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during the war." The Hotchkiss map has been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic Information Systems map and database of households.

Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III,
Augusta County Town, Waynesborough
2001

"Chambersburg was a larger place than Staunton, but no more vibrant or connected to the market than its Southern counterpart."

"Franklin and Augusta exhibited different spatial organizations, with a more organized and commercial approach in Franklin and a settlement in Augusta that followed the contours of soil and land more closely."