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Welcome to Warren ...

Warren is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Warren, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Warren is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Warren lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Warren: 580

Communities Also Named Warren ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oklahoma communities named Warren: This one is located in Jackson County and the other is located in Major County.

Beyond Oklahoma, 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, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (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.

Communities near Warren ...

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

  • Altus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Altus is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <3>
  • Hobart
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mangum
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Granite
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Snyder
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tipton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Blair
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lone Wolf
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Roosevelt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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. 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Warren, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Warren was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Warren post office opened in 1888. The Warren post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Warren.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Warren - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/