Warren.

Warren. 1. City (1990 pop. 144,864), Macomb co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; est. 1837, inc. as a city 1957. It is an important metalworking center where steel is processed. Tools, dies, and automobile engines, bodies, and parts are made, although the auto industry has suffered since the late 1970s. Warren's vast Detroit Arsenal, which made military vehicles, closed in 1996. The large General Motors Technical Center is there. 2. City (1990 pop. 50,793), seat of Trumbull co., NE Ohio, in the fertile Mahoning valley; settled 1799, inc. as a city 1905. An early coal center, Warren's industries have greatly diversified. Steel, metal-forming machinery, electrical equipment, and automobile and truck parts are the principal manufactures. The Trumbull Branch of Kent State Univ. is in the city. 3. Borough (1990 pop. 11,122), seat of Warren co., NE Pa., on the Allegheny River; laid out c.1795, inc. 1832. An early lumbering center, Warren is in wooded country near oil and natural gas reserves. Oil is refined, and electrical equipment and metal products are made. The headquarters of Allegheny National Forest are there. Nearby are Edinboro State College and a Native American reservation. 4. Town (1990 pop. 11,385), Bristol co., E R.I., a suburb of Providence on the Kickemuit River and Narragansett Bay; inc. 1747. An early whaling and shipbuilding center, boats are still built there in addition to the town's light manufacturing. Warren was transferred from Massachusetts to Rhode Island in 1746. Brown Univ. was first chartered there (1764) as Rhode Island College. During the American Revolution, Warren was burned (1778) by the British.

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