Warren County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,215, a decrease from

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. The

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is Warrenton. The county was created on December 19, 1793, and is named after General

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, who was killed in the

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (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

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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

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sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin.

Major highways

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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

2020 census

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

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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

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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.

References

External links

Warren County, Georgia, Chamber of Commerce
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