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 Waynesboro, a city (1958 pop. 12,357; 2006 pop. 21,454) in [[Augusta County (Virginia, USA)|Augusta County]], [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]], was the trading center for an [[Amish|Amish]] and Mennonite population of 788 members in the late 1950s. At that time there were six congregations of the Southern District of the [[Virginia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Virginia Mennonite Conference]] (MC) with a total of 602 members in the neighborhood: Springdale 5 miles south, Hildebrands 5 miles north, Mt. View 15 miles south, Stuarts Draft 15 miles southwest, Greenmonte 20 miles southwest, and Lynside 6 miles south. The Mt. Zion [[Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship|Beachy Amish]] church with 81 members in the late 1950s was located 12 miles west, and an [[Old Order Amish|Old Order Amish]] group with 105 members 10 miles west near Stuarts Draft.


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