Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County | |
|---|---|
Warren County Courthouse in Warrenton | |
Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina | |
North Carolina's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 36°24′N 78°06′W / 36.40°N 78.10°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Founded | 1779 |
| Named after | Joseph Warren |
| Seat | Warrenton |
| Largest community | Warrenton |
| Area | |
• Total | 444.30 sq mi (1,150.7 km2) |
| • Land | 429.39 sq mi (1,112.1 km2) |
| • Water | 14.91 sq mi (38.6 km2) 3.36% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,642 |
• Estimate (2023) | 18,836 |
| • Density | 42/sq mi (16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Website | www |
.jpg){kind=link}
Warren County is a county located in the northeastern Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the northern border with Virginia, made famous for a landfill and birthplace of the environmental justice movement. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,642. Its county seat is Warrenton. It was a center of tobacco and cotton plantations, education, and later textile mills.