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History · Warren

Warren dates to 1763, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 30 old photos and papers, maps from 1928 on, and the census since 1790.

1763founded
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
30old photos & papers
2famous people
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How Warren began

When was Warren founded?

1763

Warren dates its founding to 1763 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.

First census: 206 in 17902020 census: 825263 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1820.The full story ↓

What stands out about Warren’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A town in old photos30 old photos, postcards and papers, 1869–1940.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,152 in 1860; 825 people lived here in 2020.Older than the countryEstablished in 1763, 13 years before the Declaration of Independence.
★ What stands out · By decade

Warren, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s1 item
Warren, New Hampshire.Alternate Title: American sceneryc. 1869Warren, New Hampshire.Alternate Title: American scene…
1910s8 items
PostcardWarrenNHAndMtCarr1912c. 1912PostcardWarrenNHAndMtCarr1912Postcard"Mt. Moosilauke," Warren, N.H1912"Mt. Moosilauke," Warren, N.H"The Boulders" Bakers River - Warren, N.H1912"The Boulders" Bakers River - Warren, N.HBaker's River & Mt. Moosilauke1912Baker's River & Mt. MoosilaukeMt. Moosilauke from Bixby's Farm1912Mt. Moosilauke from Bixby's FarmCarriage Road & Tip Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.H1912Carriage Road & Tip Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.HCarriage Road & Tip Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.H1912Carriage Road & Tip Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.HTip-Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.H1912Tip-Top House, Mt. Moosilauke, N.H
1930s14 items
Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near War…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Timber levelled …
1940s7 items
Farmhouse near Warren, New Hampshire1940Farmhouse near Warren, New HampshireRoad up to Mount Moosilauke near Warren, New Hampshire1940Road up to Mount Moosilauke near Warren, New HampshireLogs, leveled by 1938 hurricane, piled at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1940Logs, leveled by 1938 hurricane, piled at sawmill nea…Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled near sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1940Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled near sawmill nea…Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1940Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled at sawmill near …Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire1940Logs leveled by 1938 hurricane piled at sawmill near …Farm and road on way up to Mount Moosilauke. Near Warren, New Hampshire1940Farm and road on way up to Mount Moosilauke. Near War…
1950s–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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People over time

Warren, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20018001850190019502000Peak: 1,152

Peaked at 1,152 in 1860; 825 people lived here in 2020.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Warren’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Warren, 1763 to 1940

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1763
    FoundingWarren is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1820Post officeThe Warren post office opens
  5. 1827Born hereMoses Bixby is born here
  6. 1860CensusPopulation peaks at 1,152
  7. 1869In the archiveWarren, New Hampshire.Alternate Title: American scenery
  8. 1882Post officeThe Breezy Point post office opens
  9. 20th century
  10. 1900Born hereNorris Cotton is born here
  11. 1912In the archivePostcardWarrenNHAndMtCarr1912
  12. 1912Post officeThe Glencliff post office opens
  13. 1914Post officeThe Breezy Point post office closes
  14. 1928On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  15. 1939In the archiveTimber levelled by 1938 hurricane at sawmill near Warren, New Hampshire
  16. 1940In the archiveFarmhouse near Warren, New Hampshire
The story

How Warren came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Warren.

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Warren was granted in 1763 by Governor Benning Wentworth, and incorporated in 1770 by Governor John Wentworth. The town takes its name from Admiral Sir Peter Warren. It was first settled in 1767 by Joseph Patch.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Warren in 1870

Passages that mention Warren, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Warren had some ambitious men. Tristram Pillsbury went into the western army, John Abbott went away, joined some regiment and died while in the service.* Major Daniel Patch was a private and fought at the battle of Bridgewater, where he was wounded. But David Patch gained more distinction as a sold…
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Warren had some ambitious men. Tristram Pillsbury went into the western army, John Abbott went away, joined some regiment and died while in the service.* Major Daniel Patch was a private and fought at the battle of Bridgewater, where he was wounded. But David Patch gained more distinction as a soldier than any other native of Warren. He enlisted in some other State, got a commission, fought in several battles, got promoted for bravery, and commanded a regiment as a colonel, at the battle of

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the flesh side out, the many-colored tails pendant presenting a gay and attractive appearance, Joseph Patch had seen, at Plymouth, the proprietors' committee, that came to Warren the previous spring, and he had heard them say that in all probability land in Warren would be given by the proprietors,…
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the flesh side out, the many-colored tails pendant presenting a gay and attractive appearance, Joseph Patch had seen, at Plymouth, the proprietors' committee, that came to Warren the previous spring, and he had heard them say that in all probability land in Warren would be given by the proprietors, either in the fall or the next spring, to any one who would settle upon it, and that the first settler would have his first choice of lots. He had lost what he had purchased at Ply-

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the map

Warren on the map, 1928 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warren. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Warren on the 1928 USGS mapWarren on the 1932 USGS mapWarren on the 1973 USGS mapWarren on the 1995 USGS map1928Rumney sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Warren.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Warren, New Hampshire.Alternate Title: American scenery
Retake this viewWarren, New Hampshire.Alternate Title: American scenery, c. 1869

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Warren

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

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Norris CottonAmerican politician · b. 1900
Moses BixbyAmerican missionary · b. 1827
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Warren’s post office has been open since 1820. Another post office, Breezy Point, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Warren
1820–today
Breezy Point
1882–1914
Glencliff
1912–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Breezy PointGlencliff
Gone or out of use
East Warren SchoolschoolMaple Grove SchoolschoolWeeks Crossinglocale

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

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Finish Warren’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Piermont2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWentworthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBentonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEllsworthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaverhill4 historic placesA+

Questions about Warren’s history

What year was Warren founded?

In 1763, according to Wikidata. Warren’s post office opened in 1820, and the first U.S. census counted 206 people here in 1790.

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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 (2), the Library of Congress (28), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.