Warrenton

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Warrenton

Total population

772

Weather90°F · Sunny

Coordinates36.40°, -78.16°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Warrenton is a town in and the county seat of Warren County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 862 at the 2020 census. Warrenton, now served by U.S. routes 158 and 401, was founded in 1779. It became one of the wealthiest towns in the state from 1840 to 1860, being a trading center of an area of rich tobacco and cotton plantations. It has a large stock of historic architecture buildings. More than 90 percent of its buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and its National Historic District encompasses nearly half its area.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Warrenton, NC from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

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Daniel Turner

American politician (1796-1860)

Matt Whitaker Ransom

Confederate Army general, lawyer, politician (1826-1904)

Braxton Bragg

Confederate Army general (1817–1876)

Thomas Bragg

American governor and senator (1810–1872)

Saxby Chambliss

American politician

William Miller

Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (1770-1825)

Rick Hendrick

American racing driver and team owner

John Adams Hyman

American politician (1840-1891)

John Bragg

American politician (1806-1878)

Nathaniel Macon

Speaker of the House (1757-1837)

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Lemuel J. Alston

American politician (1760-1836)

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Samuel Williams Inge

American politician (1817–1868)

William Alexander Smith

American politician (1828-1888)

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Reynolds Price

American writer (1933–2011)

Benjamin Hawkins

American politician (1754-1816)

Robert Ransom, Jr.

Confederate Army general (1828-1892)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Warrenton

Sketches of old Warrenton, North Carolina

Lizzie Wilson Montgomery · 1924

Comprehensive development plan, Warrenton, North Carolina

John A. Berndt · 1973

Catalogue of Shiloh Institute, Warrenton, North Carolina, 1906-1907

N.C.) Shiloh Institute (Warrenton · 1907

North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts

Weynette Parks Haun · 1987

In This Church on April 20th, 1861, a Sunrise Service Was Held for the Warren Rifles and the Warren Guards, after Which They Left Immediately for Active Service-- Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Warrenton, North Carolina, Welcomes All Who Join with Us In...

Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Warrenton · 2021

In this church on April 20th, 1861, a sunrise service was held for the Warren Rifles and the Warren Guards, after which they left immediately for active service-- Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Warrenton, North Carolina, welcomes all who join with us in commemoration of this service, Saturday, April 22nd, 1961 and Sunday, April 23rd, 1961

Emmanuel Episcopal Church (Warrenton, N.C.) · 1961

Tombstone inscriptions from Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina

James M. Black · 1943

Address delivered before the State Educational Association of North-Carolina, at Warrenton, July 1st, 1857

W. W. Holden · 1857

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White-banded Crab Spider

Misumenoides formosipes

Seen 2026-09-16

Coppery Leafhopper

Jikradia olitoria

Seen 2026-09-15

Asian Horntail

Eriotremex formosanus

Seen 2026-09-13

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-08

slender bush clover

Lespedeza virginica

Seen 2026-09-06

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Seen 2026-09-06

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-06

eastern redbud

Cercis canadensis

Seen 2026-09-06

devil's walkingstick

Aralia spinosa

Seen 2026-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).