Also known as: Warlick Township, Piedmont Region

Originally known as Ramsey Crossings, Waco developed in the 1860s as a vital railroad stop and agricultural shipping point in Cleveland County. The community was renamed in 1880 after the city in Texas and officially incorporated as a town in 1905. Historically, it was a thriving hub for the regional cotton industry and is famously the birthplace of boxing champion Floyd Patterson.