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Warren is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Columbia County, Oregon, on U.S. Route 30 north of Scappoose and south of St. Helens on Scappoose Bay of the Multnomah Channel of the Willamette River.

The 2020 census counted 1,870 people in Warren, and the community became a census-designated place in 2021 after the 2020 census.

Warren covers about 6.33 square miles at an elevation of 171 feet, and its ZIP code is 97053.

The Warren post office was established in 1885 and named by local resident James Gill for his hometown of Warren, Massachusetts, and after a brief period as Gilltown it became Warren again in 1895.

Warren's school was established in 1903 and expanded in 1940, 1950, 1970, and 1990, and Warren Elementary was remodeled starting in May 2009 to move the office and add a kindergarten classroom.

As an unincorporated community, Warren has no municipal government, and it is in the Scappoose School District, which operates Scappoose High School.

Water in Warren is provided by the member-owned Warren Water Association, while fire protection comes through the Scappoose Rural Fire Protection District.

Warren has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with warm but not hot and dry summers and no average monthly temperature above 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

In the 2020 census, Warren's median age was 59.9 years, with 37.6 percent of the population over 65, and the community counted 741 housing units.

Warren's ancestry in the 2020 census was led by German at 25.5 percent, followed by English at 10.7 percent, Irish at 8.5 percent, and Norwegian at 8.2 percent.