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Warwick is a small city in northern Worth County, Georgia, and is part of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan statistical area.

Warwick is regarded as one of the most historic towns in Worth County — according to the county's published history, Andrew Jackson camped in or near the site in February 1818 on his way to campaign against the Seminoles in Florida.

From 1825 an old stagecoach road carrying passengers and mail between Milledgeville and Tallahassee passed through the site, and a small village grew up around its early stores.

After the railroad came, the town moved down to its present site near the Flint River, close to present-day Lake Blackshear and the Crisp County power dam.

As of the 2020 census, Warwick had a population of 504, living in 215 households and 132 families.

Warwick's population rebounded by about 19 percent between 2010 and 2020, reversing decades of decline.

According to the Census Bureau, Warwick covers just 0.8 square miles, all of it land.

Warwick is home to the National Grits Festival, which began around 1999, was revived in 2017 after a four-year hiatus, and drew approximately 3,000 attendees in its first year back.

In the 2020 census, about 57 percent of Warwick's residents were Black or African American alone, making it a majority-Black city.

Florida state legislator and citrus farmer Bert J. Harris Jr. was a notable figure from Warwick.