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Welcome to Warren (aka 'Cottageville') ...

The city of Warren is located in Macomb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Warren, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Warren has a population of 133,667 people<2> (see below for details).

Warren is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Warren lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Warren: 586

The ZIP codes for Warren: 48089-48093, 48397<4>

The city of Warren has also been called Cottageville.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Warren had an population of 133,667 people. This is a decrease of 0.29% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.31% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Warren had a population of 134,056 people (which is 15.93% of the total population of Macomb County). This makes Warren the county's most populous community.

The population of Warren represents 1.36% of the population of Michigan (which has 9,883,640 people), making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 134,056 people, the population of Warren decreased 3.03% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 138,247 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Warren.

Communities Also Named Warren ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 51 communities that are also named Warren - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Warren.

Websites for Warren ...

Official Website: www.cityofwarren.org/

Communities near Warren ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Warren.

  • Detroit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Windsor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Sterling Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dearborn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Livonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Oakland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,589 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <5>
  • Farmington Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Farmington Hills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hills
    • Farmington Hills is located in Oakland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80,017 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington Hills <5>
  • Rochester Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rochester Hills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Hills
    • Rochester Hills is located in Oakland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,111 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochester Hills <5>
  • Southfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pontiac
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Warren. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Warren.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Warren. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Warren.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Warren. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Warren.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Warren ...

Looking for more information about Warren? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Warren, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Warren.

Adding Warren to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Warren in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Warren was on a map titled Road Map for Michigan (from Shell Oil, 1956).

We also found Warren in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Warren.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Macomb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Warren.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Warren - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Warren). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Warren or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Warren includes: 48089, 48090, 48091, 48092 & 48093.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.