Warren Township, Pennsylvania

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Warren Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:

  • Warren Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania Named from the Revolutionary era Massachusetts doctor Joseph Warren - of the Massachusetts General Hospital Warrens. The township is in the extreme northeastern corner of the county; its northern boundary is also the New York State line. An interesting fork in a road in the county joins a single New York road at the state line near Cadiz. Until the incorporation of Bradford County in 1823, the township existed under other names and ws a part of Luzerne County. The first settlers from Rhode Island came to the wilderness area in 1796. Heavier settlement occurred between 1800 and 1830. The area was largely settled by families from the greater Providence, R. I., area. Many of the families had lived together in Rehoboth, Mass., for 200 years. They have now lived in Warren Township together for another 200 years. The southern half of the township was a land speculation venture by the Providence Quaker conglomerate Brown & Ives. Principles were the brothers-in-law Nicholas P. Brown and Thomas P. Ives. Increased settlement brought families from Connecticut and other New England states. Very few settlers came up the Susquehanna River, or inland from the river, from Pennsylvania.
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