Warrenton, North Carolina
Warrenton, North Carolina | ||
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FIPS code 37-71100[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2406832[2] | |
Website | www |
Warrenton is a town in, and the county seat of,
History and attractions
Warrenton was founded at the time when
The area was developed as tobacco and cotton plantations. Warrenton served as a regional center for trade and entertainment.
Many early and mid-19th century houses have been preserved. The planters chartered private academies to educate their children, one of the earliest being The Warrenton Male Academy, formed in 1788. A girls' school was founded by Jacob Mordecai, a
In the 1850s, the town became a busy center of commerce when the railroad was built to improve shipping of the commodities of the rich tobacco and cotton fields to markets; it became the wealthiest town in North Carolina of the time. The well-known builder
Warrenton became one of the wealthiest towns in North Carolina from 1840 to 1860, with property owners building fine residences and commercial buildings, forming the core of its current historic architecture. They employed the prominent architects Jacob W. Holt and Albert Gamaliel Jones, who designed and built houses in the Federal, Greek Revival, and Italianate styles.[citation needed]
The Warrenton Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and includes over 200 contributing buildings.[4] The Coleman-White House, Elgin, Liberia School, Reedy Rill, Shady Oaks, Sledge-Hayley House, Mansfield Thornton House, and John Watson House are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1850 | 1,242 | — | |
1860 | 1,520 | 22.4% | |
1870 | 941 | −38.1% | |
1880 | 816 | −13.3% | |
1890 | 740 | −9.3% | |
1900 | 836 | 13.0% | |
1910 | 807 | −3.5% | |
1920 | 927 | 14.9% | |
1930 | 1,072 | 15.6% | |
1940 | 1,147 | 7.0% | |
1950 | 1,166 | 1.7% | |
1960 | 1,124 | −3.6% | |
1970 | 1,035 | −7.9% | |
1980 | 908 | −12.3% | |
1990 | 949 | 4.5% | |
2000 | 811 | −14.5% | |
2010 | 862 | 6.3% | |
2020 | 851 | −1.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
2020 census
Race | Number | Percentage |
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White (non-Hispanic)
|
400 | 47.0% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|
352 | 41.36% |
Native American
|
8 | 0.94% |
Asian
|
1 | 0.12% |
Pacific Islander
|
9 | 1.06% |
Other/Mixed
|
32 | 3.76% |
Latino
|
58 | 6.82% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 851 people, 555 households, and 256 families residing in the town.
Notable people
- U.S. Senatorfrom 1931–1946
- Braxton Bragg, senior officer in the Confederate States Army
- African-American priest, journalist, social activist and historian
- 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolinafrom 1855–1859
- Eleanor Kearny Carr, the wife of N.C. Governor Elias Carr
- U.S. Senator representing the state of Georgiafrom 2003–2015
- John O. Crosby, American educator who served 1874 as the minister for the first Colored Baptist church in Warrenton
- Micajah Thomas Hawkins, a U.S. Congressman from North Carolinafrom 1831–1841
- NBA player[8]
- Laura Montgomery Henderson (1867-1940), clubwoman; president, Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs
- Rick Hendrick, businessman, NASCAR team owner
- Jacob W. Holt, early to mid-19th century carpenter and builder-architect of Warrenton
- John Adams Hyman, politician, state senator, and congressman; the first African American to represent North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives[9]
- Randy Jordan, former NFL player and current NFL coach[10]
- Caroline Katzenstein, suffragist and author
- John H. Kerr, American jurist and politician
- John H. Kerr Jr., served in the North Carolina State Legislature (both chambers)
- Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- Rachel Mordecai Lazarus, American educator and correspondent with the children's writer Maria Edgeworth
- Anne Carter Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee, died in Warrenton
- U.S. Senator and Speaker of the House
- Chandler Owen, writer and editor
- MLBplayer
- Mary Tannahill, painter, printmaker, embroiderer and batik maker
- Corey Terry, American former professional football linebacker who played in the NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints from 1999–2000
- Marvin Townes, American football running back
- Panthea Twitty, American photographer, ceramist, and historian
- Joel Whitaker, ophthalmologist and college football player and coach
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warrenton, North Carolina
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ Richard Alston Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ David Henderson Stats. Basketball-Reference. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "HYMAN, John Adams | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Randy Jordan Stats. Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 22 March 2019.