Warren, Ohio | |
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 Warren Commercial Historic District | |
| Motto: "Historic Capital of the Western Reserve" | |
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| Coordinates:41°14′18″N80°48′52″W / 41.23833°N 80.81444°W /41.23833; -80.81444 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Trumbull |
| Founded | 1798 |
| Area | |
• City | 16.12 sq mi (41.75 km2) |
| • Land | 15.96 sq mi (41.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 39,201 |
| • Density | 2,456.8/sq mi (948.57/km2) |
| • Metro | 430,591 (US:125th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 44481-44488 |
| Area codes | 330, 234 |
| FIPS code | 39-80892 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087046[2] |
| Website | warren |
Warren is a city inTrumbull County, Ohio, United States, and itscounty seat.[3] The population was 39,201 at the2020 census.[4][5] Located along theMahoning River, Warren lies approximately 14 miles (23 km) northwest ofYoungstown and 56 miles (90 km) southeast ofCleveland. It was the historical county seat of theConnecticut Western Reserve and is a principal city of theMahoning Valley metropolitan area inNortheast Ohio.
Ephraim Quinby founded Warren in 1798, on 441 acres (1.78 km2) of land that he purchased from theConnecticut Land Company, as part of theConnecticut Western Reserve. Quinby named the town for the town's surveyor, Moses Warren. The town was the county seat of the Western Reserve, then became the Trumbull County seat in 1801.[6] In 1833, Warren contained county buildings, two printing offices, a bank, five mercantile stores, and about 600 inhabitants.[7]
Warren had a population of nearly 1,600 people in 1846. In that same year, the town had five churches, twenty stores, three newspaper offices, one bank, one wool factory and two flourmills.[citation needed] In June 1846, a fire destroyed several buildings on one side of the town square, but residents soon replaced them with new stores and other businesses.[citation needed] Warren became an important center of trade for farmers living in the surrounding countryside during this period. SongwriterStephen Foster, his wife Jane McDowell, and their daughter Marion lived briefly in Warren.[citation needed]
During the latter decades of the nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, Warren remained an important trading and manufacturing center. By 1888, four railroads connected the community with other parts of Ohio. In that same year, there were five newspaper offices, seven churches, three banks and numerous manufacturing firms in Warren. The businesses manufactured a wide variety of products including linseed oil, furniture, barrel staves, wool fabric, blinds, incandescent bulbs, automobiles and carriages; however, the leading companies were thePackard Electric Company andPackard Motor Car Company, both founded in the 1890s in Warren by brothersJames Ward Packard andWilliam Doud Packard.[8] Warren was the first town in the U.S. to have an electric street illumination, provided by Packard Electric.[8] Warren's population was 5,973 people in 1890. Construction began on the Trumbull County Courthouse in downtown Warren on Thanksgiving Day, 1895.[9]
Warren continued to grow in the twentieth century. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, steel production was a major industry in the county because of large deposits of coal and iron ore in surrounding counties. In recent years, many Warren residents have worked in local service and retail sales businesses. In 2000, Warren was Trumbull County's most populated community, with 46,832 residents. Many examples of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles still stand in downtown Warren, including the Trumbull County Courthouse, which contains one of the largest courtrooms in the state of Ohio, and the Trumbull County Carnegie Law Library; in addition to office buildings, banks, stores, and homes surrounding the Courthouse Square area.[10]
John Ashbery mentions Warren in his poem 'Pyrography', first published in an exhibition catalogue in 1976 and included in his 1977 collectionHouseboat Days.[11] In a later interview, Ashbery said he had never visited the town.[12]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.16 square miles (41.85 km2), of which 16.13 square miles (41.78 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.[13] Its climate type isDfb.
| Climate data for Warren, Ohio (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 74 (23) | 77 (25) | 83 (28) | 90 (32) | 98 (37) | 101 (38) | 105 (41) | 105 (41) | 100 (38) | 95 (35) | 81 (27) | 76 (24) | 105 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 59.2 (15.1) | 60.5 (15.8) | 71.2 (21.8) | 80.6 (27.0) | 86.5 (30.3) | 90.6 (32.6) | 91.8 (33.2) | 90.9 (32.7) | 88.1 (31.2) | 79.8 (26.6) | 69.7 (20.9) | 60.4 (15.8) | 92.8 (33.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.7 (1.5) | 37.6 (3.1) | 46.7 (8.2) | 60.3 (15.7) | 71.3 (21.8) | 79.1 (26.2) | 82.9 (28.3) | 81.6 (27.6) | 75.1 (23.9) | 63.0 (17.2) | 50.4 (10.2) | 39.4 (4.1) | 60.2 (15.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.8 (−3.4) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 35.8 (2.1) | 47.6 (8.7) | 58.3 (14.6) | 66.7 (19.3) | 70.7 (21.5) | 69.1 (20.6) | 62.5 (16.9) | 51.3 (10.7) | 40.5 (4.7) | 31.3 (−0.4) | 48.9 (9.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.8 (−8.4) | 17.2 (−8.2) | 24.8 (−4.0) | 35.0 (1.7) | 45.3 (7.4) | 54.3 (12.4) | 58.5 (14.7) | 56.7 (13.7) | 50.0 (10.0) | 39.5 (4.2) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 23.2 (−4.9) | 37.7 (3.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −5.5 (−20.8) | −2.4 (−19.1) | 7.1 (−13.8) | 20.4 (−6.4) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 40.0 (4.4) | 47.2 (8.4) | 45.1 (7.3) | 37.1 (2.8) | 26.1 (−3.3) | 16.9 (−8.4) | 6.4 (−14.2) | −8.0 (−22.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −26 (−32) | −24 (−31) | −17 (−27) | 5 (−15) | 20 (−7) | 28 (−2) | 37 (3) | 26 (−3) | 26 (−3) | 13 (−11) | −7 (−22) | −18 (−28) | −26 (−32) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 3.11 (79) | 2.31 (59) | 3.13 (80) | 3.76 (96) | 3.76 (96) | 4.10 (104) | 4.64 (118) | 3.49 (89) | 3.67 (93) | 3.30 (84) | 2.61 (66) | 2.93 (74) | 40.81 (1,037) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.6 (24) | 6.4 (16) | 4.4 (11) | 0.2 (0.51) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.8 (2.0) | 6.5 (17) | 27.9 (71) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 15.9 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 149.5 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 7.3 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 21.0 |
| Source:NOAA[14][15] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1820 | 435 | — | |
| 1830 | 501 | 15.2% | |
| 1840 | 1,066 | 112.8% | |
| 1860 | 2,402 | — | |
| 1870 | 3,457 | 43.9% | |
| 1880 | 4,428 | 28.1% | |
| 1890 | 5,973 | 34.9% | |
| 1900 | 8,529 | 42.8% | |
| 1910 | 11,081 | 29.9% | |
| 1920 | 27,050 | 144.1% | |
| 1930 | 41,062 | 51.8% | |
| 1940 | 42,837 | 4.3% | |
| 1950 | 49,856 | 16.4% | |
| 1960 | 59,648 | 19.6% | |
| 1970 | 63,494 | 6.4% | |
| 1980 | 56,629 | −10.8% | |
| 1990 | 50,793 | −10.3% | |
| 2000 | 46,832 | −7.8% | |
| 2010 | 41,558 | −11.3% | |
| 2020 | 39,201 | −5.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[16] | |||
As of 2015, 95.5% of the population spokeEnglish, 1.6%Greek, 1.1%Spanish, and 0.9%Italian in their homes.[17]
As of the2020 census, Warren had a population of 39,201. The median age was 39.1 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.5 males age 18 and over.[18][19]
99.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.3% lived in rural areas.[20]
There were 16,409 households in Warren, of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 26.8% were married-couple households, 23.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 40.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 38.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[18]
There were 18,681 housing units, of which 12.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 10.4%.[18]
| Race | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 24,595 | 62.7% |
| Black or African American | 10,944 | 27.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 66 | 0.2% |
| Asian | 153 | 0.4% |
| Native Hawaiian andOther Pacific Islander | 10 | 0.0% |
| Some other race | 449 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2,984 | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 1,104 | 2.8% |
As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 41,557 people, 17,003 households, and 10,013 families living in the city. The population density was 2,576.4 inhabitants per square mile (994.8/km2). There were 20,384 housing units at an average density of 1,263.7 per square mile (487.9/km2). Theracial makeup of the city was 67.7% White, 27.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population.
Of the 17,003 households 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.8% were married couples living together, 21.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.1% were non-families. 35.6% of households were one person and 13.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.97.
The median age was 38.3 years. 23.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.
At the2000 census, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families living in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 inhabitants per square mile (1,124.5/km2). There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile (510.8/km2). Theracial makeup of the city was 60.94% White, 36.20% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races and 1.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.
Of the 19,288 households 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.6% were non-families. 32.9% of households were one person and 13.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.01.
The age distribution was 26.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64 and 16.8% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.9 males.
The median household income was $30,147 and the median family income was $36,158. Males had a median income of $32,317 versus $23,790 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,808. About 16.2% of families and 19.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.8% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
Major employers in Warren includeSt. Joseph Warren Hospital, theTribune Chronicle, andThomas Steel Strip. In 2024, paper manufacturerKimberly-Clark announced plans to build a new production facility in Warren.[21] Historically, heavy industry dominated the local economy; Trumbull Steel Company was among the city's largest employers in the early 20th century and became part ofRepublic Steel in 1928, with the former Trumbull Steel mill continuing operations under various owners until 2012.[22]
The Trumbull Country Club hosted theYoungstown Kitchens Trumbull Open on theLPGA Tour in 1960.[23] From 1993 to 2000, Avalon Lakes Golf Club hosted theGiant Eagle LPGA Classicgolf tournament on the LPGA Tour.[24]
Warren operates under amayor–council government. The mayor is directly elected to four-year terms.[25] William "Doug" Franklin has been the 35th mayor of Warren since 2011.[25] The city council is composed of three at-large members and seven ward council members who serve two-year terms.[26]
Warren is served by the publicWarren City School District. The district includes fourpreK–8 schools andWarren G. Harding High School.[27] A second high school,Western Reserve High School on the city's south side, formerly operated from 1966 to 1990.[28][29] In the early 21st century, the Warren City School District underwent a redistricting process due to declining population, which saw the construction of a new Warren G. Harding High School and the demolition of several early-20th century elementary and junior high schools.[30]
TheRoman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown operates the privateJohn F. Kennedy Catholic School, which includes a Lower Campus for grades kindergarten–5 and an Upper Campus for grades 6–12.[31]
Warren is home to theTribune Chronicle, a daily local newspaper serving Warren and its vicinity in Trumbull County. It traces its history to theTrump of Fame in 1812, the first newspaper in what had been theConnecticut Western Reserve.[32] In 2008,USA Today reported daily circulation of 35,471 for theTribune Chronicle.[33]
Warren is part of the Youngstownmedia market, and is served by Youngstown-based television and radio stations.AM stationsWHKZ andWHTX are licensed to Warren.
Warren is bypassed by afreeway carryingOhio State Route 82 (SR 82) and in places,SR 5. SR 5 heads southwest to theOhio Turnpike (Interstate 80), while SR 82 heads east to the north–southSR 11 freeway. Additionally,US Route 422 andSR 45 travel through the city, whileSR 46 skirts its eastern edge.
Warren is served by theWestern Reserve Transit Authority, which provides bus service throughout Mahoning County.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)The first journal on the Western Reserve was the Trump of Fame, by T.D. Webb, at Warren, Trumbull County, in 1812. In 1816 theTrump of Fame became theWestern Reserve Chronicle...
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