Warren County, Georgia

Warren County is a county located in the Eastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,215, a decrease from 2010. The county seat is Warrenton.^[1] The county was created on December 19, 1793, and is named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.^[2]

Warren County
County
Warren County courthouse in Warrenton
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°25′N 82°41′W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	December 19, 1793; 232 years ago (1793)
Named after	Joseph Warren
Seat	Warrenton
Largest city	Warrenton
Area
• Total	287 sq mi (740 km2)
• Land	284 sq mi (740 km2)
• Water	2.4 sq mi (6 km2)  0.8%
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,215
• Density	21/sq mi (8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	12th
Website	www.warrencountyga.com

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 287 square miles (740 km²), of which 284 square miles (740 km²) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km²) (0.8%) is water.^[3]

The north-to-northeastern quarter of Warren County, north of a line between the county's northwestern corner, Norwood, and Camak, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The southeastern quarter, from Camak in the north, and bordered by a northwest-to-southeast line running through Warrenton, is located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the larger Savannah River basin. The western half of the county, west of Warrenton, is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin.^[4]

Major highways

• I-20 / SR 402 – SR 402 is the unsigned designation for I-20
• US 278 / SR 12
  • US 278 Byp. / SR 12 Byp. (Warrenton)
• SR 16
• SR 17
  • SR 17 Conn.
• SR 80
  • SR 80 Alt. (Warrenton)
• SR 123
• SR 171

Adjacent counties

• Wilkes County (north)
• McDuffie County (east)
• Glascock County (south)
• Jefferson County (southeast)
• Hancock County (southwest)
• Taliaferro County (northwest)

Communities

Cities

• Norwood
• Warrenton (county seat)

Towns

• Camak

Unincorporated communities

• Cadley
• Jewell
• Mesena

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1800	8,329		—
1810	8,725		4.8%
1820	10,630		21.8%
1830	10,946		3.0%
1840	9,789		−10.6%
1850	12,425		26.9%
1860	9,820		−21.0%
1870	10,545		7.4%
1880	10,885		3.2%
1890	10,957		0.7%
1900	11,463		4.6%
1910	11,860		3.5%
1920	11,828		−0.3%
1930	11,181		−5.5%
1940	10,236		−8.5%
1950	8,779		−14.2%
1960	7,360		−16.2%
1970	6,669		−9.4%
1980	6,583		−1.3%
1990	6,078		−7.7%
2000	6,336		4.2%
2010	5,834		−7.9%
2020	5,215		−10.6%
2024 (est.)	5,148	[5]	−1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1790-1880[7] 1890-1910[8] 1920-1930[9] 1930-1940[10] 1940-1950[11] 1960-1980[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14]

2020 census

Warren County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000[15]	Pop 2010[16]	Pop 2020[17]	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	2,483	2,133	1,974	39.19%	36.56%	37.85%
Black or African American alone (NH)	3,755	3,584	3,047	59.26%	61.43%	58.43%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	11	9	18	0.17%	0.15%	0.35%
Asian alone (NH)	8	21	15	0.13%	0.36%	0.29%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	1	0.00%	0.00%	0.02%
Other race alone (NH)	0	2	10	0.00%	0.03%	0.19%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	28	31	97	0.44%	0.53%	1.86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	51	54	53	0.80%	0.93%	1.02%
Total	6,336	5,834	5,215	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,215 people, 2,244 households, and 1,456 families residing in the county.

Politics

As a part of America's Black Belt, a majority-Black, rural region, Warren County is a reliably Democratic county. Even as the rest of Georgia's demographics have rapidly shifted, Warren County and its surrounding counties have provided a consistent source of support for Democrats for years and frequently are the deciding factors in close elections, as metro Atlanta is usually overwhelmed by Georgia's deeply conservative rural areas.^[18] Despite this, Warren County's margins have narrowed in recent years, with Republicans slowly making gains due to the economic challenges that rural Georgia faces. In 2024, Warren County gave Donald Trump the Republican Party's best margin since 1972 due to the Republican Party's active targeting of African-American men and rural voters. However, Warren County remained reliably Democratic.^[19]

United States presidential election results for Warren County, Georgia^[20]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	1,232	47.53%	1,354	52.24%	6	0.23%
2020	1,166	44.00%	1,468	55.40%	16	0.60%
2016	991	42.46%	1,314	56.30%	29	1.24%
2012	990	39.18%	1,529	60.51%	8	0.32%
2008	1,087	40.83%	1,554	58.38%	21	0.79%
2004	1,121	45.04%	1,360	54.64%	8	0.32%
2000	933	43.50%	1,196	55.76%	16	0.75%
1996	735	35.82%	1,230	59.94%	87	4.24%
1992	751	34.53%	1,239	56.97%	185	8.51%
1988	897	44.78%	1,091	54.47%	15	0.75%
1984	1,087	46.35%	1,258	53.65%	0	0.00%
1980	779	33.56%	1,517	65.36%	25	1.08%
1976	720	35.04%	1,335	64.96%	0	0.00%
1972	1,175	71.21%	475	28.79%	0	0.00%
1968	406	23.13%	582	33.16%	767	43.70%
1964	1,070	73.59%	384	26.41%	0	0.00%
1960	375	44.33%	471	55.67%	0	0.00%
1956	152	18.40%	674	81.60%	0	0.00%
1952	374	35.05%	693	64.95%	0	0.00%
1948	33	4.05%	256	31.45%	525	64.50%
1944	152	25.21%	449	74.46%	2	0.33%
1940	95	13.51%	606	86.20%	2	0.28%
1936	129	18.91%	545	79.91%	8	1.17%
1932	18	2.58%	676	96.99%	3	0.43%
1928	255	50.80%	247	49.20%	0	0.00%
1924	36	9.30%	253	65.37%	98	25.32%
1920	83	17.11%	402	82.89%	0	0.00%
1916	89	20.79%	292	68.22%	47	10.98%
1912	67	19.48%	266	77.33%	11	3.20%

See also

• State of Georgia portal

• Central Savannah River Area
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia