Waynesboro is a city in Burke County , Georgia. The population was 5,813 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Burke County. Waynesboro is also known as "The Bird Dog Capital of the World."

Near Waynesboro during the American Civil War on December 4 , 1864 , forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevented troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman campaign of destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to Savannah, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean (Union forces did suffer more than three times the casualties as the Confederates, however).

The City of Waynesboro, Georgia is located in Burke County, which is one of the eight original counties of Georgia. It was named after General Anthony Wayne whose daring efforts during the Revolutionary War earned him the nickname "Mad Anthony Wayne." Although the residents lived in the area before the Revolutionary War, the town was not laid out until 1783. The City was officially incorporated in 1883 as the City of Waynesborough.

Burke is an original county of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. During the American Civil War, the county provided the Poythress Volunteers and the Grubb's Hussars, which were a part of Cobb's Legion. Burke County has a total area of 835 square miles. 830 square miles of which is land and 5 square miles of it is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,243 people, 7,934 households, and 5,799 families residing in the county.