| Official Name: | Wayside, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi |
| Pushpin Label: | Wayside, Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Washington |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 121 |
| Coordinates: | 33.2689°N -91.0336°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38780 |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 679401 |
Wayside is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.
The settlement has a post office and water tower. Wayside is located on Mississippi Highway 1 approximately 8miles south of Greenville.
The Belmont Plantation was located in Wayside. The plantation home was completed in 1859,[1] and has been described as "one of the few antebellum homes in the region not burned by rampaging Union soldiers".[2] The extant home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[3]
Wayside was originally located directly on the Mississippi River at the eastern end of "American Bend", and the early settlement had a steamboat landing. The river changed course following a flood in 1858, cutting off the bend and creating an oxbow lake now called Lake Lee.[4] [5]
A branch of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway, completed in the late 1880s, passed through Wayside.[1]
In 1900, the population was 65.[6]
On October 9, 2009, a tornado destroyed three mobile homes, damaged 16 houses and knocked down trees. A fatality occurred in a mobile home, and two others were injured.