Explore Warrenton, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Warrenton, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Warrenton.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Warrenton |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Warren County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.39848 |
| Longitude | -78.155271 |
| Population | 851 |
| Density | 302.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27589 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Warrenton |
| School District | Warren County Schools |
Warrenton sits amidst the red-clay undulations of the Piedmont, where the land holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun to retreat. It lies 14.4 miles east-northeast of Henderson, NC (from Henderson, NC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 28.2 miles west of Roanoke Rapids. Horse Creek cuts a quiet path through the surrounding acreage, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung pace that mirrors the stillness of the woods. Only eighteen miles away, the silhouette of Medoc Mountain rises as a faint, jagged smudge against the western horizon, providing a distant anchor to the otherwise sprawling, level fields. A mere two miles from the center, the quiet surface of Hammes Mill Pond catches the silver light of dusk, reflecting the shifting colors of the canopy. Just a short distance further, the dense timber and thickets of Embro Game Land offer a sanctuary for the local fauna, preserving a wilder, untamed texture to the earth that remains largely undisturbed by the reach of modern expansion.
Warrenton carries the weight of a long-standing agricultural lineage, having grown from a crossroads of commerce where tobacco once defined the prosperity and the social pulse of every household. The architecture of the main thoroughfares reflects a time of deliberate craftsmanship, with brick facades and tall, shuttered windows that seem to hold the secrets of previous generations within their frames. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive labor of the past, the rhythm of daily life maintains a steady, measured cadence that favors local conversation over the frantic pace of larger hubs. The air here feels heavy with the scent of pine and drying soil, a sensory reminder of the agrarian roots that continue to anchor the identity of Warrenton. Despite the changing tides of industry, the quiet dignity of the streets endures, shaped by a culture that values the slow, predictable turnover of the seasons above all else.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Warrenton, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.39848, -78.155271. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Warrenton includes the ZIP code (27589), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Warren County (Warrenton), and school district assignment (Warren County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |