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History · Warren

Warren’s post office opened in 1883, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Warren was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Its Register listing is the Warren School. Below: old-book passages.

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How Warren began

When was Warren founded?

1883

The Warren post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 677143 years
Founding year: the first Warren post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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 history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Warren are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Warren, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Warren yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Warren is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tyler County, Texas, United States. Its ZIP code is 77664. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census, with a population of 757.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 757 to 677 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Warren in 1879

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

General Wharton's wishes were complied with at once, and Eobert Warren was carried from the dark cell to the roomy hospital, where he was bathed and clad under General Wharton's supervision. A nurse was engaged to attend to him, and the doctor in charge, a skillful man, was promised a liberal rewar…
Robert Warren, the Texan refugee1879 · page 527Read the page →
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General Wharton's wishes were complied with at once, and Eobert Warren was carried from the dark cell to the roomy hospital, where he was bathed and clad under General Wharton's supervision. A nurse was engaged to attend to him, and the doctor in charge, a skillful man, was promised a liberal reward in the event of Warren's recovery.

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

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

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Warren, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Warren

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Warren School
Warren School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Italian Renaissance Revival1
Warren SchoolItalian Renaissance Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Warren’s history

What year was Warren founded?

The Warren post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Warren?

One place: the Warren School (listed 2008).

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.