Editing Warren Township, New Jersey (section)

==History==
Warren was originally inhabited by the [[Lenape]] Native Americans and was colonized in the 1720s by European farmers. As early as 1900, it became a destination for wealthy residents looking to escape nearby New York City.<ref name=History>[http://warrennj.org/about/township-history/ A Brief History of Warren Township], Warren Township. Accessed March 19, 2007.</ref> Warren was incorporated as a township by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 5, 1806, from portions of [[Bernards Township, New Jersey|Bernards Township]] and [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater Township]]. The south-eastern half of the original township (which was close to a railroad and contained most of the population) was separated off as North Plainfield Township (since renamed to [[Green Brook Township, New Jersey|Green Brook Township]]) on April 2, 1872.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 155. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>

Warren was named for [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] patriot, General [[Joseph Warren]], who was killed at the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]].<ref name=History/><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=32 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 21, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315 ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 315. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed August 21, 2015.</ref> Warren celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2006.

On January 15, 2021, [[Kings Food Markets|Kings Food Market]] announced they would close their Warren location on Mountain Boulevard.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-14|title=Warren, Bernardsville Food Markets To Close Next Week|url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/warren/warren-bernardsville-food-markets-close-next-week|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Warren, NJ Patch|language=en}}</ref> The store closed on January 23, 2021.