Warren County, Georgia
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox U.S. county 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.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The county was created on December 19, 1793, and is named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Major highways
Adjacent counties
- Wilkes County (north)
- McDuffie County (east)
- Glascock County (south)
- Jefferson County (southeast)
- Hancock County (southwest)
- Taliaferro County (northwest)
Communities
Cities
Towns
Unincorporated communities
Demographics
2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> | Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> | % 2000 | % 2010 | Template:Partial |
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| 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot
See also
- Central Savannah River Area
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, Georgia
- List of counties in Georgia
References
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