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History · Warwick

Warwick’s history is
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The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Warwick. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

4old images & papers
4historic places
20recent photos
From Warwick’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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The area's first settler was Richard Carter, who settled by the mouth of the Conestoga River in 1716. Carter was born in Warwickshire, England. Carter is given credit for naming the municipality "Warwick".The Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, and Zook's Mill Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Timeline

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18501940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions -…Commons
1880s3 items · 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps…Commons
1890–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Warwick

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AEAbraham ErbNotable
By decade

Warwick, decade by decade

1850s1 item
1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - ED 36-149, ED 36-150, ED 36-151, ED 3…Commons1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvani…1850
1880s3 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Warwick - ED 36-150, ED 36-151, ED 36-152Commons1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Lanc…1880View of Lititz and Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa. - 1887CommonsView of Lititz and Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa. - 18871887View of Lititz and Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa. - 1887CommonsView of Lititz and Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa. - 18871887
1890s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today20 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

4 historic places in Warwick

4 places in Warwick are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#131
In Pennsylvaniaby listings · most towns there have none
4places listed4 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
0historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1980first listedErb's Covered Bridge · newest: Hammer Creek Bridge, 1988

Where they are

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Erb's Covered BridgeZook's Mill Covered BridgeHammer Creek BridgeBuck Hill Farm Covered Bridge
Structures

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Warwick’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
Erb's Covered BridgeListed 1980Erb's Covered BridgeStructureEngineeringTransportationZook's Mill Covered BridgeListed 1980Zook's Mill Covered BridgeStructureEngineeringTransportationHammer Creek BridgeListed 1988Hammer Creek BridgeStructureEngineeringListed 1980Buck Hill Farm Covered BridgeStructureEngineeringTransportation
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - ED 36-149, ED 36-150, ED 36-151, ED 3… (1850) and it appears here side by side.

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📜 Lititz📜 Akron📜 Manheim📜 Elizabeth

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