# Warren County, Georgia

Warren County is a county located in 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. The county was created on December 19, 1793, and is named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

## Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 287 square miles (740 km$^2$), of which 284 square miles (740 km$^2$) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km$^2$) (0.8%) is water.
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.

### Major highways

* I-20 (Interstate 20)
* US 278
* US 278 Byp. (Warrenton)
* SR 12
* SR 12 Byp. (Warrenton)
* SR 16
* SR 17
* SR 17 Conn.
* SR 80
* SR 80 Alt. (Warrenton)
* SR 123
* SR 171
* SR 402 (unsigned designation for I-20)

### 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

Warren County racial composition as of 2020 :
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,974 | 37.85% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3,047 | 58.43% |
| Native American | 18 | 0.35% |
| Asian | 15 | 0.29% |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.02% |
| Other/Mixed | 107 | 2.05% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 1.02% |
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. 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.
United States presidential election results for Warren County, Georgia :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | 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% |