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History · Warwick

Warwick dates to 1739, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1909 on.

1739founded
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0
Quick answers

How Warwick began

When was Warwick founded?

1739

Warwick dates its founding to 1739 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1805.

2020 census: 780287 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1805.The full story ↓

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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1739, 37 years before the Declaration of Independence.
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Start Warwick’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Warwick’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewJames Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Timeline

Warwick, 1739 to 1963

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1739
    FoundingWarwick is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1802Born hereLouisa Barnes Pratt is born here
  5. 1803Born hereJefferson Bancroft is born here
  6. 1805Post officeThe Warwick post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1909In the archiveJames Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909)
  9. 1963Post officeThe Warwick post office closes
The story

How Warwick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Warwick.

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Warwick was first settled in 1739 and was officially incorporated in 1763.

The land that became Warwick was one of four tracts of land established by Massachusetts in 1735 to compensate the descendants of the officers and soldiers who served during the "expedition to Canada" and the Battle of Quebec in 1690. The area was initially called Gardner's Canada and original proprietors were named in 1736. A 1737 owners list names the initial land owners, few of whom appear to have remained to settle the town once it was incorporated in 1763.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Warwick, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
James Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909)1909James Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909)
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Unitarian Meeting House and Town Clock2009Unitarian Meeting House and Town ClockHotel Road2009Hotel RoadView of Mount Monadnock from the Mount Grace fire tower2007View of Mount Monadnock from the Mount Grace fire tow…Warwick-State Line2004Warwick-State LineWarwick MA Signpost2004Warwick MA Signpost
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

James Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909)
Retake this viewJames Franklyn Cook (Out West, 1909), 1909

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Warwick’s page.

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Warwick

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jefferson BancroftAmerican mayor · b. 1803
Louisa Barnes PrattAmerican missionary · b. 1802
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Warwick had its own post office from 1805 to 1963.

Warwick
1805–1963
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Camp WarwickMayo Corners
1cemetery inside Warwick
Warwick

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Warwick’s history

What year was Warwick founded?

In 1739, according to Wikidata. Warwick’s post office opened in 1805.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.