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Warren County, Pennsylvania

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4newspaper titles
0digitized titles
11historic places
1848earliest paper
1800formed
38,587pop. 2020
37cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 4 newspaper titles published in Warren County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1848. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Warren, Elk Township, Irvine.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Warren

Library of Congress
4 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Allegheny MailWarren1848–1849
The Advertiser and Home JournalSugar Grove1873–1874
The Bear Lake RecordBear Lake1886–1897
The ArrowWarren1887–1891

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18401886193319792026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Cornplanter GrantElk TownshipDistrict2018
Hazeltine, A. J., HouseWarrenBuilding1976
Irvine United Presbyterian ChurchIrvineBuilding1976
Irvine, Guy C., HouseRussellBuilding1978
Jefferson. John P., HouseWarrenBuilding1985
Struthers Library BuildingWarrenBuilding1975
Warren ArmoryWarrenBuilding1991
Warren County CourthouseWarrenBuilding1977
Warren Historic DistrictWarrenDistrict1999
Wetmore HouseWarrenBuilding1975
Woman's Club of WarrenWarrenBuilding1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1800 (1800-03-12) from Allegheny, Lycoming.

WARREN created from ALLEGHENY and LYCOMING.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Warren County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

48k24k23318001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2331,9769,27819,19027,98138,94640,02442,78942,69845,58247,44943,86338,587

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed
NameLatLon
Barnes Cemetery41.67748-79.02907
Bear Lake Cemetery41.99178-79.47716
Brooks Hill Cemetery41.89371-79.48741
Chandlers Valley Cemetery41.92636-79.30629
Cheney Cemetery41.6486-79.55226
Cherry Grove Cemetery41.69841-79.13103
Cherry Hill Cemetery41.98887-79.34047
David Curtis Cemetery41.94361-79.57932
East Branch Cemetery41.78987-79.56998
Foster Cemetery41.95444-79.24005
Gorman Cemetery41.65202-79.45083
Hale Cemetery41.98128-79.12306
Irvine Cemetery41.84302-79.12688
Limestone Cemetery41.67136-79.36364
Loomis Cemetery41.71477-79.53896
Marshtown Cemetery41.9697-79.20123
Maultby Cemetery41.71863-79.54339
Mead Cemetery41.87632-79.23928
Oakland Cemetery41.83311-79.14199
Pine Grove Cemetery41.94083-79.13921
Riverside Cemetery41.82885-79.4012
Riverview Cemetery41.99636-78.9413
Saint Josephs Cemetery41.83371-79.14661
Seven Dolors Cemetery41.93872-79.00108
Smith Cemetery41.87933-79.08167
Snyder Cemetery41.86866-79.1243
Spring Creek Cemetery41.86416-79.52529
Sutton Hill Cemetery41.74232-79.42549
Trimm Cemetery41.77456-79.5745
Triumph Swedish Union Church Cemetery41.68144-79.45699
Turnpike Cemetery41.96613-79.39775
Weiler Cemetery41.8695-79.19795
Wesleyan Cemetery41.98201-79.29636
Westlawn Cemetery41.94366-79.58616
Westview Cemetery41.84512-79.21047
Whitestown Cemetery41.81265-79.42494
Wrightsville Cemetery41.92062-79.42852
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Cornplanter41.94173-78.93309
Corydon41.98784-78.98032
Gowango41.93228-78.9292
Grunderville41.83673-79.2206
Kinzua41.86339-78.96143
Olmstead41.92812-78.94921
Sugar Run41.89673-78.94365

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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