Waycross, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Waycross
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brown
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Jackson
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latd = 39
latm = 18
lats = 13
latNS = N
longd = 86
longm = 20
longs = 39
longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_ft = 709
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postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 46160
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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-81595GR|2
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blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:445573 445573]
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Waycross is an unincorporated town in Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana. Waycross began as a game hunting ranch by Professor Amati Smith. Professors from nearby Indiana University would go to hunt exotic animals such as Eagles and Crocodiles which they would purchase from zoos and circuses. However, this practice soon became frowned upon. After this it became a prospering logging community until the depression. The end of the logging industry meant death for the town.

Geography

Waycross is located at coor dms|39|18|13|N|86|20|39|W|city.

References

*cite book
first = N. Carol
last = Inman
year = 1991
title = The Origins of 1001 Towns In Indiana
publisher = Indiana State Historical Association