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Waynesboro, city, administratively independent of, but located in, Augusta county, north-central Virginia, U.S. It lies in the Shenandoah Valley along the South River, near the junction of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, 28 miles (45 km) west of Charlottesville. The original settlement of Teesville, named for Joseph Tees, an early landowner, was established in 1739, based on a land grant (1736) from King George II of England. The name was changed in 1797 to honour the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne. The Waynesboro Academy (1832) closed during the American Civil War when the entire student body enlisted ...(100 of 223 words)

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