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Waverly is an incorporated town in east Alabama that spans two counties, sitting mainly in the southwest corner of Chambers County with its town limits extending south into Lee County.

Waverly is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area and was incorporated in 1910.

The settlement dates to the 1830s and was long known by the nickname Pea Ridge, a name locals joked came from land said to be too poor to sprout peas, though Pea Ridge was never its official name.

The name Waverly first appeared on Alabama maps in 1853, and local tradition credits the choice to a resident who admired the novels of Sir Walter Scott.

The Chambers-Lee county line splits Waverly's small main street along U.S. Highway 280, with the post office on the Lee County side and City Hall on the Chambers County side.

The 2020 census counted 159 people in Waverly, up from 145 in 2010; the 2000 census recorded 184 people in 76 households.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town covers about 2.7 square miles.

Waverly's first church, a Methodist mission known as Souls Chapel, was organized in 1858.

Several of Waverly's stone store buildings on its main street were built around 1910 of native stone set in lime-and-sand mortar.

Waverly is served by ZIP code 36879.