Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30 miles southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains. In the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,232 with an estimate (by the town government) of 10,000 as of early 2007 and 9,869 at the 2010 census and 9,789 in 2012.