The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Warner Robins
city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. The city grew with the construction of the adjacent Robins Air Force Base, and its economy is centered around that vast military complex, now one of the largest air force installations in the South and headquarters of the Continental Air Command. Before World War II a small country hamlet called Wellston existed on that site. After the air force base and a major air force supply depot were established, a city boomed. The city and base were named for Gen. Warner Robins (1882–1940), considered the originator of the air force’s systems of supply and maintenance.
