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History · Warren Township

Warren Township dates to 1801, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 60% of U.S. towns · #534 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Below: 9 old photos and papers, maps from 1905 on, and the census since 1820.

1801founded
0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
9old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Warren Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Warren Township began

When was Warren Township founded?

1801

Warren Township dates its founding to 1801 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1820.

First census: 435 in 18202020 census: 4,744225 years

How historic is Warren Township?

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More historic than 60% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1850.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Warren Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Warren Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #534 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Warren Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1801, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194019.7% of homes (±6.6) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 60%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 46%

Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Warren Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1801.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.6 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Warren Township’s past

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

Boom and bustPeaked at 63,494 in 1970; 39,201 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Warren Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1994. Watch Warren Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1801: 225 years of Warren Township.
★ What stands out · People over time

Warren Township, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,00070,0001850190019502000Peak: 63,494

Peaked at 63,494 in 1970; 39,201 people lived here in 2020.

20 censuses, 1820–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Willow Dale, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Willow Dale
1850–1864
Leavittsburg
1864–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brookside ParkLeavittsburgPleasant Park Mobile Home ParkSomerset 45 ManorVillager Mobile Home Park
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Warren Township
House of IsraelLeavittsburgPine Knoll

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

On the map

Warren Township on the map, 1905 to 1994

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

Warren Township on the 1905 USGS mapWarren Township on the 1970 USGS mapWarren Township on the 1994 USGS map1905Bristolville 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 Township.

The story

How Warren Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Warren Township.

Read it all →

Ephraim Quinby founded Warren in 1798, on 441 acres (1.78 km2) of land that he purchased from the Connecticut Land Company, as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Quinby named the town for the town's surveyor, Moses Warren. The town was the county seat of the Western Reserve, then became the Trumbull County seat in 1801. In 1833, Warren contained county buildings, two printing offices, a bank, five mercantile stores, and about 600 inhabitants.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Warren Township, 1801 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1801
    FoundingWarren Township is established
  3. 1830In the archiveEdward Dray (1741-1828) contested will in the Western Reserve Chronicle on January 14, 18…
  4. 1850Post officeThe Willow Dale post office opens
  5. 1857In the archiveFire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in
  6. 1864Post officeThe Willow Dale post office closes
  7. 1864Post officeThe Leavittsburg post office opens
  8. 1891In the archiveOhio Woman Suffrage Convention in Warren, May 1891
  9. 20th century
  10. 1900In the archiveMarket Street
  11. 1901Born hereTheodore Baird is born here
  12. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  13. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 63,494
By decade

Warren Township, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1830s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1830s–1850s2 items
Edward Dray (1741-1828) contested will in the Western Reserve Chronicle on January 14, 18301830Edward Dray (1741-1828) contested will in the Western…DocumentFire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in1857Fire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in
1890s–1900s7 items
Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention in Warren, May 18911891Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention in Warren, May 1891Warren1892WarrenMarket Street1900Market StreetMahoning Avenue, Presbyterian church and Elks Club1900Mahoning Avenue, Presbyterian church and Elks ClubMcClure's drugstore and John Pew shoe store, corner of Market and Park Streets1900McClure's drugstore and John Pew shoe store, corner o…Birds Eye view, West1907Birds Eye view, WestPostcardBirds Eye view, West1907Birds Eye view, WestPostcard
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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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.

Fire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in
Retake this viewFire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in, 1857

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

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Help out

Finish Warren Township’s story

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFire mark for Adams Insurance Agency in: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Warren9 historic placesALeavittsburgIts storyB−Champion Township1 historic placeC+Braceville Township1 historic placeA−Howland Township1 historic placeB−Lordstown1 historic placeC+Weathersfield Township4 historic placesB

Questions about Warren Township’s history

What year was Warren Township founded?

In 1801, according to Wikidata. Warren Township’s post office opened in 1850, and the census of 1820 counted 435 people here.

How does Warren Township rank for history?

Warren Township is more historic than 60% of U.S. towns, #534 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Warren Township?

20% of Warren Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1958.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (4), Wikidata (3), 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) 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.