Warren is an

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and

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in Columbia County,

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, United States, located on

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north of Scappoose and south of St. Helens on

Scappoose Bay Scappoose Bay is a slough of Multnomah Channel, a distributary of the Willamette River, about upstream of where the channel meets the Columbia River in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It is surrounded by a broad wetland area full of ...

of the

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. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,787. The Warren post office was established in 1885; it was named by local resident James Gill for his hometown of

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. The post office was discontinued in 1888, but reestablished in 1890 as "Gilltown" because there was another post office named Warren in

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. The Columbia County office became Warren again in 1895, and the Umatilla County office was closed in 1902; the locality in Umatilla County is now known as Myrick.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 1,870 people, 782 families, and 741 housing units. In the city, there were 1,683

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people, 11

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, 22 Native Americans, 12

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, 3

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s, 10 people who said they were from another race, and 129 who were from two or more races. 86 people were of

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or Latino origin. The ancestry of Warren, Oregon was 25.5%

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, 10.7%

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,8.5% Irish, 8.2% Norwegian, 7.5%

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, 2.7%

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, 2.3%

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, and 1.8%

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. The median age in Warren was 59.9 years old. With 37.6% of the population being over 65, 22.4% were from 65 to 74, 14.3% 75 to 84, and 0.9% were older than 85. 1.4% of the population were foreign born. The median household income was $88,409. For families it was $104,196, for married-couple families it was the same, and for non-families it was $42,205. 1.8% of the population were in poverty. 5.3% of people under 18 were in poverty, 2.1% of people 18 to 64 years old were in poverty, and 0.0% of people over 65 were in poverty.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the

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system, Warren has a

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, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Education

Warren is in the Scappoose School District,
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References

Populated places established in 1885 Unincorporated communities in Columbia County, Oregon Census-designated places in Oregon 1885 establishments in Oregon Census-designated places in Columbia County, Oregon Oregon populated places on the Columbia River Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{ColumbiaCountyOR-geo-stub