Editing Warren, Michigan (section)

==History==
Beebe's Corners, the original settlement in what would become the city of Warren, was founded in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Groesbeck.<ref name="WHC">[http://www.cityofwarren.org/index.php/historic-commission A Guide to Warren's History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120173022/http://cityofwarren.org/index.php/historic-commission |date=November 20, 2010}}, Warren Historical Commission (with assistance from the Warren Historical Society), accessed February 4, 2011</ref> Beebe's Corners was a carriage stop between Detroit and [[Utica, Michigan|Utica]], and included a distillery, mill, tavern, and trading post.<ref name="WHC" /><ref>"Census of Population: 1050. Vol 1: Number of Inhabitants'' (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1052) p. 22-30''</ref> It was not until 1837 that the now-defunct [[Warren Township, Macomb County, Michigan|Warren Township]] was organized around the settlement, first under the name Hickory, then renamed Aba in April 1838, and finally renamed Warren shortly thereafter.<ref name="CLHistory">[http://www.centerline.gov/history3.html City of Center Line, City History] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509111633/http://www.centerline.gov/history3.html |date=May 9, 2012}}, accessed February 4, 2011</ref> It was named for [[War of 1812]] veteran, and frontier cleric, Rev. Abel Warren. However, when it was originally organized the township was named for Rev. Warren, a [[Methodist Episcopal]] preacher who left his native New York in 1824 for [[Shelby Township, Michigan|Shelby Township]]. He went throughout the present-day [[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb]], [[Lapeer County, Michigan|Lapeer]], [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]], and [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair]] Counties, baptizing, marrying, and burying pioneers of the area, as well as establishing congregations and preaching extensively.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sF7hAAAAMAAJ Russel, John. The Funeral Discourse and Obituary of the Late Rev. Abel Warren. Romeo, MI: Akin & Mussey, 1863 at] [[Google books]].</ref> He was the first licensed preacher in the State of Michigan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://macombhistory.us/1800s/abelsarahstones.html |title=Abel and Sarah Warren Pioneers |author=Wesley Arnold |access-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007074719/http://macombhistory.us/1800s/abelsarahstones.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Another version of the source of the city's name claims it was "named for General [[Joseph Warren]], who fell at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]]."<ref name="Romig">{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names |publisher=Walter Romig |year=1986 |page=582 }}</ref>

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.<ref name="WHC" /> The small village grew slowly, and had a population of 582 in 1940 and 727 in 1950, while the larger surrounding township grew at a much quicker pace.<ref>1950 US Census. Vol 1. p. 22-24</ref> Much of this growth was due to the construction of the [[Warren Truck Assembly|Chrysler's Truck Assembly]] plant in 1938, the [[Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant]] in 1940 to support the [[World War II|WW II]] effort, and the [[General Motors Technical Center]] between 1949 and 1956.

The Red Run and Bear Creek, just small creeks back in the 1800s, has blossomed into an open major inter-county stormdrain flowing through Warren, into the Clinton River, and onwards to Lake St. Clair.<ref>[http://www.candgnews.com/news/storm-drain-runs-through-it A storm drain runs through it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125055905/http://www.candgnews.com/news/storm-drain-runs-through-it |date=November 25, 2012 }}, C & G News, October 26, 2011</ref>

The Village of Warren and most of the surrounding Township of Warren, together with [[Van Dyke, Michigan|Van Dyke]], incorporated as a city in 1957, less the city of [[Center Line, Michigan|Center Line]], which had incorporated as a village from Warren Township in 1925 and as a city in 1936.<ref name="CLHistory" /> Between 1950 and 1960, Warren's population soared from 42,653 to 89,426. This population explosion was largely fueled by the post-WWII [[Baby Boom]] and later, by [[white flight]] from its southern neighbor of Detroit in that decade. This change in population continued into the next decade when the city's population doubled again, ultimately reaching a high of 179,000 in 1970.

Historically, Warren was a [[sundown town]]: an all-white municipality that excluded non-whites through a combination of discriminatory practices, local ordinances, and violence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 18, 2019 |url-status=dead |title=City of Warren's Proposed "Rental Ban" Reeks of Racism {{!}} News |url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2019/09/18/warrens-proposed-rental-ban-reeks-of-racism/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=The Michigan Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704010457/https://michiganchronicle.com/2019/09/18/warrens-proposed-rental-ban-reeks-of-racism/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sundown Towns: Warren, MI |url=https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundowntown/warren-mi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720145154/https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundowntown/warren-mi/ |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |publisher=[[Tougaloo University]] }}</ref> In 1970, Warren had a population of 180,000, with only 28 minority families, most of whom lived on a U.S. military base. As late as 1974, African Americans were practically nonexistent in Warren,<ref name="Loewen">{{cite book |last1=Sundown Towns: A hidden dimension of American racism |first1=James W. |title=Loewen |date=2018 |publisher=The New Press |location=New York, London |isbn=9781620974346 |pages=4,430 |edition=2018 }}</ref> In 2000 Warren had less than 3% Black population,<ref name="Loewen"/> compared to 80% in adjacent Detroit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/detroit-in-focus-a-profile-from-census-2000/ |title=Detroit in Focus: A Profile from Census 2000 }}</ref>

===List of mayors in Warren, Michigan===
The following is a list of the previous mayors of the city. The current mayor is [[Lori Stone]]. Mayoral elections are currently non-partisan.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Mayors<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Mayors |url=https://www.cityofwarren.org/government/mayors-office/past-mayors/ |publisher=City of Warren, Michigan |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007023304/https://www.cityofwarren.org/government/mayors-office/past-mayors/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
! Mayoral elections
! Start of term
! End of term
|-
| 1 || Arthur J. Miller
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| January 1, 1957
| December 30, 1960
|-
| 2 || Louis A. Kelsey
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| January 1, 1961
| April 10, 1961
|-
| 3 || William (Bill) Shaw
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| April 11, 1961
| April __, 1967
|-
| 4 || [[Ted Bates (politician)|Ted Bates]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| April __, 1967
| November 6, 1981
|-
| 5 || James R. Randlett
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| November 7, 1981
| November 5, 1985
|-
| 6 || [[Ronald L. Bonkowski]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| November 6, 1985
| November 7, 1995
|-
| 7 || [[Mark Steenbergh|Mark A. Steenbergh]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| November 7, 1995
| November 9, 2007
|-
| 8 || [[James R. Fouts]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]] & [[Independent politician|I]]
| November 9, 2007
| November 17, 2023
|-
| 9 || [[Lori Stone|Lori M. Stone]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| November 18, 2023
| Current
|}