Warrenton, Georgia

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Warrenton is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Georgia, United States.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The community was named for American Revolutionary War general Joseph Warren.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

Warrenton is located at Template:Coord (33.407596, -82.662914).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which, Template:Convert of it is land and 0.52% is water.

Demographics

Warrenton racial composition as of 2020<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref> (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.<ref>School Stats, Retrieved June 29, 2010.</ref>

• Freeman Elementary School
• Warren County Middle School
• Warren County High School

See also

• Central Savannah River Area

External links

• Warrenton on Warren County GA Chamber of Commerce site