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Warren Waushara County Wisconsin town hallPhoto: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History · Warren

19% of Warren’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0

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The story so far

Warren, in brief

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Warren is a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. The ghost town of Rodney was located partially in the town.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 668 in 2010, 656 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Warren, 1908–1918

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

The one-half of said tax shall become due and collectable and shall be paid to the Chariton. Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company, so soon as said • company shall have built and completed the main trunk line of its" said railroad from the city of Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa, to the city of India…
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The one-half of said tax shall become due and collectable and shall be paid to the Chariton. Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company, so soon as said • company shall have built and completed the main trunk line of its" said railroad from the city of Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa, to the city of Indianola, Warren county, Iowa, by the way of, or within one half mile of the town of Ackworth, in said Warren county, and shall have built and completed a permanent depot thereon at Indianola. and also shall have built and completed a permanent depot thereon within one half mile of said town of Ackworth, and the other, or

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Other Families July, 1804 — ^Who served with distinction in the war of the Revolution, who surveyed and laid out the town of Warren in the year 1795 and whose descendants presented Crescent Park to the town of Warren."
Genealogical gleanings of Siggins, and other Pennsylvania families1918 · page 313Read the page →
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Other Families July, 1804 — ^Who served with distinction in the war of the Revolution, who surveyed and laid out the town of Warren in the year 1795 and whose descendants presented Crescent Park to the town of Warren."

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Warren County was named for General Joseph Warren, a distinguished and gallant soldier who lost his life at Bunker Hill while boldly defending his country's rights. His Grandfather was Peter Warren and his son Joseph was the father of General Joseph who was bom at Roxbury, Mass., in 1741.
Genealogical gleanings of Siggins, and other Pennsylvania families1918 · page 14Read the page →
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Warren County was named for General Joseph Warren, a distinguished and gallant soldier who lost his life at Bunker Hill while boldly defending his country's rights. His Grandfather was Peter Warren and his son Joseph was the father of General Joseph who was bom at Roxbury, Mass., in 1741.

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The first railway project that interested the people of Warren county, was an air line, proposing to cross the Mississippi at New Boston, and from thence to Council Bluffs on the Missouri river. The people not only talked about this road, but some were in favor of rendering material assistance as w…
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The first railway project that interested the people of Warren county, was an air line, proposing to cross the Mississippi at New Boston, and from thence to Council Bluffs on the Missouri river. The people not only talked about this road, but some were in favor of rendering material assistance as will be seen By the following notice: "On this 28th day of November. 1853. the petition of a large portion of the county was presented, asking that the question he submitted to a vote of the people of Warren county, Iowa, whether the county of Warren, aforesaid, will aid in the construction of the 'Philadelphia, Ft.

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

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On the map

Warren on the map in 1961

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Warren.

Warren on the 1961 USGS map1961Redgranite sheet · 1:24,000

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

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.