Warren Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 15,311., United States Census Bureau. Accessed April 5, 2012., New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed April 5, 2012.Warren was originally inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans and was settled in the 1720s by European farmers. As early as 1900, it became a refuge for wealthy residents looking to escape nearby New York City., accessed March 19, 2007. Warren was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1806, from portions of Bernards Township and 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 on April 2, 1872.Snyder, John P., Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 155. Accessed October 25, 2012. Warren is named for Revolutionary War patriot, General Joseph Warren, who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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