# Warrenton, Georgia

Warrenton is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,744 in 2020.

## History

Warrenton was founded in 1797 as seat of Warren County (est. 1793). It was incorporated as a town in 1810 and as a city in 1908. The community was named for American Revolutionary War general Joseph Warren.
On May 2, 1919 a crowd of three hundred white farmers shot to death and burned the corpse of a black farmer, Benny Richards, who was accused of murdering his own ex-wife.

## Geography

Warrenton is located at 33°24′27″N 82°39′46″W﻿ / ﻿33.40750°N 82.66278°W﻿ / 33.40750; -82.66278 (33.407596, -82.662914). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km$^2$), of which, 1.9 square miles (4.9 km$^2$) of it is land and 0.52% is water.

### Climate

Climate data for Warrenton, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1914–2017 :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 86 (30) | 83 (28) | 90 (32) | 95 (35) | 100 (38) | 110 (43) | 109 (43) | 107 (42) | 108 (42) | 99 (37) | 90 (32) | 80 (27) | 110 (43) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 71.1 (21.7) | 75.3 (24.1) | 81.1 (27.3) | 86.3 (30.2) | 90.6 (32.6) | 95.8 (35.4) | 97.8 (36.6) | 96.9 (36.1) | 92.5 (33.6) | 85.7 (29.8) | 79.7 (26.5) | 73.2 (22.9) | 99.2 (37.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 56.2 (13.4) | 59.4 (15.2) | 67.1 (19.5) | 75.0 (23.9) | 82.2 (27.9) | 88.0 (31.1) | 91.2 (32.9) | 89.5 (31.9) | 84.4 (29.1) | 75.3 (24.1) | 65.9 (18.8) | 58.1 (14.5) | 74.4 (23.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 44.7 (7.1) | 47.4 (8.6) | 54.1 (12.3) | 61.6 (16.4) | 69.6 (20.9) | 76.6 (24.8) | 80.2 (26.8) | 78.8 (26.0) | 73.3 (22.9) | 63.0 (17.2) | 53.0 (11.7) | 46.7 (8.2) | 62.4 (16.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.1 (0.6) | 35.4 (1.9) | 41.1 (5.1) | 48.3 (9.1) | 57.1 (13.9) | 65.3 (18.5) | 69.1 (20.6) | 68.2 (20.1) | 62.2 (16.8) | 50.7 (10.4) | 40.1 (4.5) | 35.3 (1.8) | 50.5 (10.3) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 16.4 (−8.7) | 20.9 (−6.2) | 25.6 (−3.6) | 33.1 (0.6) | 43.8 (6.6) | 56.1 (13.4) | 62.2 (16.8) | 60.5 (15.8) | 48.5 (9.2) | 35.1 (1.7) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 19.7 (−6.8) | 14.0 (−10.0) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −3 (−19) | 7 (−14) | 11 (−12) | 26 (−3) | 37 (3) | 40 (4) | 53 (12) | 52 (11) | 36 (2) | 26 (−3) | 9 (−13) | 5 (−15) | −3 (−19) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.47 (114) | 4.21 (107) | 4.94 (125) | 3.04 (77) | 3.07 (78) | 4.04 (103) | 3.94 (100) | 4.59 (117) | 3.97 (101) | 3.42 (87) | 3.38 (86) | 3.93 (100) | 47 (1,195) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 76.1 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, precip/precip days 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

Warrenton racial composition as of 2020 :
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 409 | 23.45% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,276 | 73.17% |
| Native American | 2 | 0.11% |
| Asian | 10 | 0.57% |
| Other/Mixed | 35 | 2.01% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 0.69% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,744 people, 840 households, and 528 families residing in the city.

## Education
### Warren County School District

The Warren County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. (The district has only 2 physical buildings, one for Pre-K and K, the other for 1-12.)The district has 70 full-time teachers and over 894 students.
* Freeman Elementary School
* Warren County Middle School
* Warren County High School