Warren, Michigan
city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States
Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Warren borders Detroit to the north, roughly 13 miles (20.9 km) north of downtown Detroit. The population was 139,387 at the 2020 census, making Warren the largest community in Macomb County, the third-largest city in Michigan, and Detroit's largest suburb. The town has a history as a sundown town.
The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including the General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), and the headquarters of Asset Acceptance.
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. Beebe's Corners was a carriage stop between Detroit and Utica, and included a distillery, mill, tavern, and trading post. In 1837 the now-defunct Warren Township was organized around the settlement; first under the name Hickory, then Aba in April 1838 and finally renamed Warren shortly thereafter. It was named for War of 1812 veteran and frontier cleric, Reverend Abel Warren. However, when it was originally organized the township was named for Reverend Warren, a Methodist Episcopal preacher who left his native New York in 1824 for Shelby Township.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q499401. VIAF identifies the subject as 132522595. The Library of Congress control number is n80090226. Authority coordinates are 42.513, -83.025. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1830, 1837 and 1838.
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