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- The county was named for Joseph Warren, a physician, Founding Father of the United States, and major general in the American Revolutionary War who died after volunteering to fight as a private at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Dec 8, 2016 · Created from Sussex County in 1825 Warren County was named after American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Joseph Warren who in June 1775 died at the Battle of Bunker Hill in...
Warren County came into existence in 1825 when an act of the New Jersey Legislature, passed on Nov. 20, 1824, took effect and separated the area from Sussex County. The county was named in honor of Dr. Joseph Warren who, although he had no known association with the area, earned a heroic reputation throughout the original 13 states for his ...
Jun 28, 2018 · The county itself is named for Joseph Warren, a general in the American Revolution killed during the battle of Bunker Hill. Warren County was formed from Sussex County in 1824. At the time,...
- Pleistocene Era
- Pre-Colonial Era
- Townships & County Seat
- Building The Courthouse
- Early Transportation
- Railroads
- Oxford Furnace
The New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (Report 43, 2018, revised 2019) titled, "Garden State Mastodons" describes the remains of mastodons found in Warren County.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, indigenous peoples originated from thousands of years of migration from Asia and Africa across the Bering Strait during the last ice age around 15,000 years ago. The Lenni Lenape ("Original People") have inhabited the New Jersey area long before the arrival of Europeans. They were a part of the Alg...
Originally, the county was comprised of seven townships that included Greenwich, Hardwick, Independence, Knowlton, Mansfield, Oxford and Pahaquarry. From these original townships emerged twenty-two current municipalities (Allamuchy, Blairstown, Franklin, Frelinghuysen, Greenwich, Hardwick, Harmony, Hope, Independence, Knowlton, Liberty, Lopatcong, ...
In 1825, the County Board of Freeholders (now Board of County Commissioners) ordered $3,000 to be raised for the construction of a brick courthouse that included a jail and offices for the clerk and surrogate on the first floor and the courtroom, which is still in use, on the second floor. The Courthouse was built by L. H. Lewis in 1826 and the tot...
Transportation was an integral part of the County's history. The earliest inhabitants, the Lenni Lenape, lived along the rivers and streams of the region and created paths and trails for travel and migration. The first European settlers to the area were the Dutch, who came to Pahaquarry Township to dig for copper in the mid-17th century. During thi...
At one time, Phillipsburg was the crossroads for five railroads, each with its own freight yard and maintenance facility in the town. Also, one heavy manufacturing plant employed up to 4500 people and provided a great deal of machinery to the World War II effort.
In c. 1741, Jonathan Robeson(1690-1766), of Philadelphia, PA began to built the Oxford Furnace due to the accessibility to local iron mines. The first pig iron was turned out on 9 March 1743 and weekly production ranged from 13 to 15 tons. Robeson entered into a partnership with Joseph Shippen, Sr. and later, Dr. William Shippen, Sr. (brothers from...
Warren County is named for Joseph Warren, a Patriot during the American Revolution and Founding Father of the United States who was killed in action by British troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill, in Charlestown, Massachusetts on June 17, 1775.
Apr 18, 2018 · Warren County was named after General Joseph Warren, a Revolutionary War hero who died in the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county was established in 1825 from parts of Sussex County.
Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War : Warren County, Georgia. Warren County, Illinois. Warren County, Indiana. Warren County, Iowa. Warren County, Kentucky.
