Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County. in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 14,725 at the 2010 Census. Waycross includes two historic districts (Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District) and several properties on the National Register of Historic Places, including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Lott Cemetery, First African Baptist Church and Parsonage, and Obediah Barber Homestead.