Warren County, North Carolina

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Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
areaCode 252
borders Franklin County, North Carolina
Halifax County, North Carolina
Nash County, North Carolina
linked to: Nash County

Northampton County, North Carolina
Vance County, North Carolina
Virginia
climate humid subtropical climate
congressionalDistrict North Carolina's 1st congressional district
country United States
countySeat Warrenton, North Carolina
dateEstablished 1779
economyBasedOn agriculture
forestry
small-scale manufacturing
fipsCode 37-185
formedFrom Bute County, North Carolina
gnisID 1022800
governingBody Warren County Board of Commissioners
hasAirport Warren County Airport (North Carolina)
hasHistoricDistrict Warrenton Historic District
hasHistoricSite Buck Spring Plantation
Church of the Good Shepherd (Ridgeway, North Carolina)
Shocco Springs, North Carolina
Warren County Courthouse
hasSchoolDistrict Warren County Schools (North Carolina)
hasTown Littleton, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina
Norlina, North Carolina
Warrenton, North Carolina
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Afton, North Carolina
Drewry, North Carolina
Inez, North Carolina
Manson, North Carolina
Ridgeway, North Carolina
Wise, North Carolina
hasWaterBody Kerr Lake
Lake Gaston
knownFor agricultural landscape
civil rights activism
early environmental justice movement
historic towns
rural character
timber production
tobacco farming
largestCity Norlina, North Carolina
locatedIn northeastern North Carolina
namedAfter Joseph Warren
partOf Inland South cultural region
linked to: Inland South

Research Triangle region
linked to: Research Triangle

Roanoke River basin
linked to: Roanoke River
postalAbbreviation NC
linked to: North Carolina
roleIn origin of the U.S. environmental justice movement
siteOf 1982 PCB landfill protests
state North Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Granville County, North Carolina borderingCounty Warren County, North Carolina
Nathaniel Macon residence Warren County, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina county Warren County, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina locatedIn Warren County, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina partOf Warren County, North Carolina
Thomas Person residence Warren County, North Carolina
Vance County, North Carolina borders Warren County, North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina borderedBy Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County, North Carolina formedFrom Bute County, North Carolina
linked to: Warren County, North Carolina
Joseph Warren honouredIn Warren County, North Carolina