Warrens Bluff took its name immediately after the completion of the Tennessee Middlin Railroad. It received its name from being on a bluff near Beech River and from the lands being given by Dr. Warren for the station and town. This place is claimed to have been a camping. ground for the Chickasaw Indians. The first post office was managed by W. F. Stuberfield, who is now living at Lexington. The early amusements were corn huskings, log rollings, house raisings, and the like. They were usually followed by dances with plenty of red liquor. The people wore home spun clothes.

The first schoolhouse was at Rock Hill, constructed about 1880 of hewed logs and built largely by the McPeaks and Deeres. It contained one room, with one little board window and a chimney of sticks and dirt. Its seats were wooden slabs. Among the early teachers were the McCollums and Austins. The chief subjects taught were arithmetic and spelling. There have been four houses erected near the same place. Now the school and church houses are modern and convenient. Among the early settlers in the Warrens Bluff community were the Reeds, the Deeres, the Garners, the McPeakes, and others. The McPeakes came from Ruthefford County and the Deeres from South Carolina. Slaves were owned by only one family, J. H. Fuller, who soon felt that slavery was wrong and freed his. This feeling partially accounts for the community politics. The first mill for grinding corn was on Harmons Creek and operated by the Shacklefords. People would go for miles to this mill. They usually went once a week. The town proper is not making the progress it once made, but the community surrounding it is very active and is composed of high grade people.