Warren County, North Carolina

Founding: 1779
Parent county: Bute

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader
Seat: Warrenton (1779–)

Land area: 428 square miles

Population (2020): 18,642

Population (historic): 9,379 (1790); 11,877 (1830); 17,768 (1870); 19,151 (1900); 23,364 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1800; 1810–1880; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 856 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $539
Average outbuilding value (1930): $198
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,169
Average farm size (1920): 25.6 acres
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Warrenton

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader

Founding: 1779 (platting); 1779 (incorporation); 1793 (post office)

Population (2020): 851

Population (historic): 1,242 (1850); 941 (1870); 740 (1890); 807 (1910); 1,072 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1890s; 1910–1950; 1980s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 258 (40.1%)
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