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Warren County, Georgia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
4historic places
—earliest paper
1793formed
5,215pop. 2020
108cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Warrenton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Roberts-McGregor HouseWarrentonBuilding1979
Warren County CourthouseWarrentonBuilding1980
Warrenton Downtown Historic DistrictWarrentonDistrict2002
Warrenton Gymnasium-AuditoriumWarrentonBuilding2002

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1793 (1793-12-19) from Burke, Columbia, Richmond, Wilkes.

WARREN created from BURKE, COLUMBIA, RICHMOND and WILKES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Warren County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

12k8,8205,21518001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,32910,6309,7899,82010,88511,46311,82810,2368,7797,3606,5836,3365,215

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

108 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 108 listed
NameLatLon
Abbott Cemetery33.3546-82.58991
Adkins Cemetery33.33165-82.49282
Andrews Chapel Cemetery33.43804-82.75413
Baker - Brinkly Cemetery33.30236-82.72235
Barksdale Cemetery33.47756-82.72538
Barnett Cemetery33.50641-82.80721
Barnett Cemetery33.50624-82.80736
Beall - Baker Cemetery33.32559-82.73262
Bethel Cemetery33.49953-82.68765
Brinson - Latimer Cemetery33.3651-82.78918
Briscoe Cemetery33.43581-82.64698
Camak Cemetery33.45485-82.64235
Cason Cemetery33.30021-82.70977
Cloud Cemetery33.51457-82.62763
Cody Cemetery33.42935-82.57229
Cody Grove Cemetery33.40509-82.58568
Crenshaw Cemetery33.4819-82.81282
David Neal Senior Cemetery33.37652-82.60846
Dooley Cemetery33.37902-82.72124
Dorsey Cemetery33.4043-82.59291
Durbeys Chapel Cemetery33.29875-82.75541
Ebenezer Cemetery33.51957-82.70041
Elim Cemetery33.41152-82.76597
English Cemetery33.38013-82.62707
Ephraim Ivey Cemetery33.38763-82.7568
Evans - Taylor Cemetery33.36194-82.78311
Fellowship Cemetery33.25681-82.7343
Fowler Cemetery33.31348-82.73395
George Turner Cemetery33.39041-82.77736
Gheesling Cemetery33.46015-82.60929
Gospel Aid Society Cemetery33.4693-82.71235
Greenwood Cemetery33.4968-82.79847
Hall Cemetery33.4868-82.68874
Hardaway - Fuller Cemetery33.45491-82.62763
Hardaway Cemetery33.44896-82.58524
Hardaway Cemetery33.43819-82.57624
Harris - McGinty Cemetery33.5062-82.78422
Harris Cemetery33.49902-82.75625
Heath Cemetery33.44859-82.69444
Hobbs Cemetery33.29387-82.43853
Howell Cemetery33.49974-82.65594
Hubert Cemetery33.41485-82.76791
Huff Cemetery33.32264-82.41984
Ivey - Jones Cemetery33.3543-82.5554
Ivey Cemetery33.3918-82.78152
Jane Hampton Ball Gravesite33.39263-82.71097
Johnson Cemetery33.31208-82.63041
Johnson Cemetery33.34347-82.63402
Jones Cemetery33.47054-82.71441
Joseph McMath Cemetery33.39763-82.55902
Kinsey Cemetery33.34125-82.67541
Langham Cemetery33.31403-82.52068
Lazenby Cemetery33.46688-82.6508
Lewis Cemetery33.35786-82.69408
Lithonia Cemetery33.45173-82.66302
Little Briar Creek Cemetery33.36486-82.55846
Long Creek Cemetery33.32927-82.73531
Martha Ellen English Cemetery33.35291-82.63818
Matthews Cemetery33.37763-82.56391
Mayes Cemetery33.45371-82.64408
Mayes Cemetery33.43151-82.62045
McCrary Cemetery33.3372-82.69957
McDaniel Cemetery33.44735-82.71374
McLain Cemetery33.32841-82.44429
Mesena Cemetery33.46219-82.59228
Mill Rock Cemetery33.36515-82.79543
Mount Aldred Cemetery33.33736-82.46818
Mount Moriah Cemetery33.38339-82.72089
New Providence Cemetery33.52818-82.67152
New Salem Cemetery33.34896-82.71789
Norris Cemetery33.35125-82.58541
Norwood Cemetery33.46504-82.70247
Parham Cemetery33.40069-82.67096
Pate Cemetery33.36791-82.73458
Prospect Cemetery33.46172-82.74334
Rays Chapel Cemetery33.51041-82.70819
Reedy Creek Cemetery33.27653-82.43484
Reese - Norris Cemetery33.34564-82.57929
Reese Cemetery33.34097-82.54346
Ricketson Cemetery33.3761-82.60328

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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