Warner Robins (WRB; typically /ˈwɑːrnɜːr ˈrɑːbənz/ wore-nur-RAH-bins) is a city in Houston and Peach Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.

[2] The city is the main component of the Warner Robins metropolitan statistical area, including Houston, Peach, and Pulaski Counties, which had a census population of 201,469 in 2020.

The base's expansion and the suburbanization of nearby Macon have led to the city's growth in the post-World War II era.

[6] The 1940 census shows that the community of Wellston was sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by farmers and their families.

With the assistance of influential U.S. Representative Carl Vinson, Wellston community leader Charles Bostic "Boss" Watson worked with officials in Macon to make a bid to locate this air depot in Houston County.

Not deterred by this, Colonel Thomas persuaded Boss Watson and the other community leaders to rename the town of Wellston.

In 2018, First Solar announced a project for a 200-megawatt, 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) solar-panel facility in Twiggs County east of Warner Robins.

The first one occurred on April 30, 1953, when an F4 tornado with winds of over 200 mph hit the city and portions of Robins Air Force Base, killing 18 people and injuring 300 more.

[13] Three years later, on April 5, 1957, an F2 tornado family hit the northwest side of the city, causing considerable damage.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.4 square miles (92 km2), of which 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km2) (0.82%) is covered by water.

LaRhonda Patrick has been mayor since 2022, after defeating incumbent Randy Toms in a November 2021 runoff election.

Located next to the air force base, the museum contains exhibits on military memorabilia, airplanes and ground vehicles, the Tuskegee Airmen, and Operation Desert Storm.

[citation needed] In 2006, a field was dedicated and named for Lewis, "the father of tee-ball", at the Warner Robins American Little League complex.

[42] Dalton Carriker hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to win the game for Georgia.

By doing so, Warner Robins became only the fourth Little League program to produce back-to-back championship teams, and the first since Waco, Texas, which had won in 2003 and 2004.

[45] Robins Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in Georgia and directly contributes over 25,000 military, civil service, and contractor jobs to the local economy.

[46] It has provided economic stability for Warner Robins that has benefited the entire Middle Georgia community.

[citation needed][47][48] In June 2011, Warner Robins was listed in Wired as one of 12 small cities that are driving the "Knowledge Economy".

Warner Robins is part of the Macon Arbitron Metro, which is the nation's 130th-largest radio market with a person 12+ population of 372,400.