WAYNESBORO, a borough of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., near the Maryland boundary (the "Mason and Dixon Line"). Pop. (1930) 10,167 by Federal census. Waynesboro lies 710 ft. above sea-level, at the foot of South mountain, in the beautiful Blue Ridge region. Beneath are many caves and caverns. At Mont Alto, 6 m. N., is the Pennsylvania State Forest school (1903). A
settlement was established here about 1734. For 20 years it was called Mount Vernon ; then Wallacetown, until the close of the Revolution, when it was renamed in honour of Gen. "Mad An thony" Wayne. A village was platted in 1797, and in 1818 it was incorporated as a borough. A municipal-manager form of govern ment was adopted in 1922.