Warren, Michigan Warren, Michigan City of Warren Fountains in Warren City Center, with farmer's market in background Fountains in Warren City Center, with farmer's market in background Official seal of Warren, Michigan Macomb County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Warren Highlighted.svg Warren, Michigan is positioned in the US Warren, Michigan - Warren, Michigan Warren is a town/city in Macomb County in the U.S.
The 2010 census places the city's populace at 134,056, making Warren the biggest city in Macomb County, the third biggest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's biggest suburb.
The town/city is home to a wide range of businesses, including General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), the command posts of Big Boy Restaurants International, and Asset Acceptance.
Beebe's Corners, the initial settlement in what would turn into the town/city of Warren, was established in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Groesbeck. Beebe's Corners was a carriage stop between Detroit and Utica, and encompassed a distillery, mill, tavern, and trading post. It was not until 1837 that the now-defunct Warren Township was organized around the settlement, first under the name Hickory, then retitled Aba in April 1838, and finally retitled Warren shortly after that. It was titled for War of 1812 veteran, and frontier cleric, Rev.
Abel Warren.
Warren who was a Methodist Episcopal preacher who left his native New York in 1824 for Shelby Township.
Another version of the origin of the city's name claims it was "named for General Joseph Warren (1741 1775), who fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The settlement was formally incorporated as the Village of Warren from Warren Township on April 28, 1893 out of one square mile bound by 14 Mile Road and 13 Mile Road to the north and south, and in half-a-mile east and west of Mound Road. The small village interval slowly, and had a populace of 582 in 1940 and 727 in 1950, while the larger encircling township interval at a much quicker pace. The Red Run and Bear Creek, just small creeks back in the 1800s, has blossomed into an open primary inter-county stormdrain flowing thru Warren, into the Clinton River, and forward s to Lake St.
The Village of Warren and most of the encircling Township of Warren incorporated as a town/city in 1957, less the town/city of Center Line, which had incorporated as a village from Warren Township in 1925 and as a town/city in 1936. Between 1950 and 1960, Warren's populace soared from 42,653 to 89,426.
This change in populace continued into the next decade when the city's populace doubled again, ultimately reaching a high of 179,000 in 1970.
The subsequent decades have seen Warren's populace decline, while violent crime has increased as Demographics have shifted.
This has led Warren to a number 7 ranking in Forbes' Most Miserable Cities to Live in the US; joining two other Michigan cities, Detroit and Flint, in the Top 10. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 34.46 square miles (89.25 km2), of which 34.38 square miles (89.04 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water. The town/city covers a six-mile-by-six mile (10 km x 10 km) square in the southwest corner of Macomb County in suburban Detroit (minus Center Line, which is a small town/city totally enclosed inside Warren).
Other metros/cities bordering on Warren are Detroit, Hazel Park, Madison Heights, Sterling Heights, Fraser, Roseville, and Eastpointe.
Most notable are 8 Mile Road, which is on the southern border of Warren with Detroit; 11 Mile Road, which serves as a service drive for I-696, and 14 Mile Road, which is on the northern border of Warren with Sterling Heights.
There are a number of distinguishing characteristics about Warren which render it unique among American metros/cities of its relative size.
Warren was one of the fastest-growing municipalities in the nation between 1940 and 1970, roughly doubling its populace every 10 years.
In 1940 the official populace of Warren Township was 22,146; in 1950, it was 42,653; in 1960, after Warren Township had turn into the City of Warren, populace had risen to 89,240; and by 1970 it had grown to 179,260.
Since 1970, Warren has been persistently one of the faster-declining metros/cities in populace in the country.
In 1970, caucasians made up 99.5% of the city's total populace of 179,270; only 838 non-whites lived inside the town/city limits.
Racial integration came slowly to Warren in the ensuing two decades, with the white portion of the town/city dropping only gradually to 98.2% in 1980 and 97.3% as of 1990.
For 2000 the non-Hispanic white populace of Warren was 90.4% of the total population.
black were 2.7% of the populace (which is the same as the total non-white populace in 1990), Asians were 3.1% of the population, Native Americans 0.4%, other groups 0.3% and those reporting two or more competitions were 2.2% of the population.
Warren's populace was as of 2000 one of the earliest among large metros/cities in the United States.
16.1% of Warren's populace was 65 or older at the last census, tied for fifth with Hollywood, Florida among metros/cities with 100,000+ population, and in fact the highest-ranking town/city by this measure outside of Florida or Hawaii. Warren is ranked 1st in the country for longevity of residence.
Residents of Warren on average have lived in that improve 35.5 years, compared to the nationwide average of eight years for communities of 100,000+ population. Warren remains a populace center for citizens of Polish, Lebanese, Ukrainian, Scots-Irish, Filipino, Maltese and Assyrian/Chaldean descent.
The post-1970 populace change in Warren has been so pronounced that by 2000 there were 1,026 Filipinos in Warren as well as 1,145 Asian Indians in the city, and 1,559 American Indians.
Many of the American Indians in Warren originated in the Southern United States with 429 Cherokee and 66 Lumbee.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 78.4% White, 13.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 2.6% from two or more competitions.
Between 2000 and 2010, the Asian populace in Warren increased to almost 6,200, a 46% increase. This was a much slower expansion rate than that of the black population that interval from 3,700 to over 18,000 or a more than 300% increase.
The 2014 Enumeration estimate placed Warren's populace at 134,398 and the 2015 census estimate placed the populace at the 2015 estimate placed the populace at 135,358. The 2014 census estimates placed the non-Hispanic white populace in Warren at 74.4%.
According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 5 Warren Consolidated Schools 1,221 The City of Warren established a Christian prayer station at town/city hall that is directed by the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of Warren.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Freedom from Religion Foundation jointly filed a complaint against the city.
The United States Postal Service operates the Warren Post Office. Southeast Warren consists of the Belangers Garden, Berkshire Manor, Piper Van Dyke, Warrendale, and the southern portion of Warren Woods. The neighborhood populace in 2009 was 33,031.
Besides the residentiary areas, Southeast Warren is also occupied by multiple industrialized parks.
Shaw Park positioned in Southwest Warren.
Southwest Warren (48091) Southwest Warren consists of the Beierman Farms and Fitzgerald neighborhoods. The neighborhood populace in 2009 was 30,876.
Northeast Warren (48090, 48093, 48088) Northeast Warren consists of the Bear Creek, Bella Vista Estates, Downtown, Fairlane Estates, Lorraine, Northampton Square, the northern portion of Warren Woods, and the easterly portion of Warren Con neighborhoods. The neighborhood populace in 2009 was 45,492.
Northwest Warren consists of the portion of the Warren Con neighborhood. The neighborhood populace in 2009 was 24,997.
Warren Mott High School Warren is served by six enhance school districts, including: Warren Consolidated Schools Warren Woods Public Schools Secondary schools serving Warren include: Warren Woods Tower High School Warren Mott High School Fitzgerald High School (Warren, Michigan) The Warren Center for Central Michigan University.
Warren Public Library consists of one chief library and three chapters.
The Arthur Miller Branch is inside the Warren Community Center.
The Warren Symphony Orchestra gives a several concerts per season.
In 2003 the town/city assembled a brand new Community Center where the old Warren High School was.
The Italian American Cultural Society (IACS) had been positioned in Warren for a 20-year period.
Rising Violent Crime in Warren is coupled with decreasing population.
In 2001 Warren had a populace of 138,976 and reported 63 forcible rapes, 191 aggravated assaults and 559 burglaries. By 2012 the number of rapes had increased by 44% to 91, aggravated assaults had more than doubled to 476, as had burglaries to 999, while the populace had declined by 4,600. The town/city has a high violent crime rate of 532 per 100,000 in 2012, 43% higher than the US nationwide average of 371 per 100,000.
The Warren Police Department serves as the chief law enforcement agency in the city.
Warren Truck Assembly, on locale since 1938 Village of Warren Warren Township District No.
Warren Union Cemetery The tenth and eleventh markers are technically in Center Line, Michigan but are encompassed because of their adjacency (both in distance and in history) to Warren: Additionally, about two dozen markers have been placed around designated cites in the town/city by the Warren Historical and Genealogical Society. Attended Mc - Kinley Elementary in Warren.
Augustinus featured Warren as the backdrop to his bestselling book, Cats & Dogs.
Bruiser Brody, experienced wrestler, attended high school in Warren.
Groesbeck, former Governor of Michigan, born in Warren.
Joe Kopicki, NBA player, born and raised in Warren.
Matt Taormina, active NHL player, born in Warren.
Enumeration Bureau Delivers Michigan's 2010 Enumeration Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting - 2010 Enumeration - Newsroom - U.S.
A Guide to Warren's History, Warren Historical Commission (with assistance from the Warren Historical Society), accessed February 04, 2011 a b City of Center Line, City History, accessed February 04, 2011 "Abel and Sarah Warren Pioneers".
City of Warren Mayor's Office, retrieved 2013-04-04 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Warren (city) Quick - Facts from the US Enumeration Bureau".
City of Warren 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report "Warren must pay $100,000 for denying atheist 'reason station' next to Christian 'prayer station' in City Hall" (Archive).
"28401 MOUND RD WARREN, MI 48090-9998" a b c d "Warren, Michigan".
Warren Public Library.
Warren Public Library.
John Providence Health Corporate Services Building 28000 Dequindre Warren, MI 48092" "Warren Profile - Warren MI - Population, Crime, Map".
"Warren Historical and Genealogical Society, Markers and Pictures in Warren, Michigan.".
"NHL Players from Warren, Michigan - Regular Season Stats".
City of Warren official site Warren Public Library Warren, Michigan at DMOZ Warren, Michigan
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