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History · Warwick

Warwick’s post office opened in 1858, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1977 on and the census since 1910.

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How Warwick began

When was Warwick founded?

1858

The Warwick post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 226 in 19102020 census: 504168 years
Founding year: the first Warwick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Warwick’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Warwick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warwick’s history is told.

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The story so far

Warwick, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Warwick yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Warwick is a city in Worth County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Warwick had a population of 504. It is part of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 423 to 504 (+19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Warwick, 1858 to 1977

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Warwick post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Born hereBert J. Harris, Jr. is born here
  5. 1977On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Warwick, decade by decade

Today18 recent
Warwick city park 22018Warwick city park 2Warwick city park 12018Warwick city park 1Warwick city limit, GA300SB2018Warwick city limit, GA300SBWarwick building2018Warwick buildingWarwick Post Office, Georgia2018Warwick Post Office, GeorgiaWarwick Police Department2018Warwick Police DepartmentWarwick Lions Club building, formerly Warwick Consolidated School2018Warwick Lions Club building, formerly Warwick Consoli…Warwick Healthcare Center2018Warwick Healthcare CenterWarwick Consolidated School corner stone2018Warwick Consolidated School corner stoneWarwick City Hall, Georgia2018Warwick City Hall, GeorgiaSunoco, Subway2018Sunoco, SubwaySasha K9 memorial2018Sasha K9 memorialLibrary box2018Library boxJames Emerson Memorial Park2018James Emerson Memorial ParkFormer Warwick Police Department2018Former Warwick Police DepartmentFishes and Loaves Outreach Ministries2018Fishes and Loaves Outreach MinistriesFirst Baptist Church2018First Baptist ChurchGAMap-doton-Warwick2005GAMap-doton-Warwick
On the map

Warwick on the map, 1977 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warwick. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Warwick on the 1977 USGS mapWarwick on the 1981 USGS map1977Warwick sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Warwick.

People over time

Warwick, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020504

Grew from 226 people in 1910 to 504 in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warwick’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Warwick’s history

What year was Warwick founded?

The Warwick post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (18), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.