The original Main Street is some distance from present-day central Narre Warren, beside the railway line, causing development to occur away from the original settlement, and the building in which the general store also served as the post office, still exists as a local landmark, established 1857.
[citation needed] Narre Warren Post Office, located on what is now Heatherton Road, opened on 21 January 1869.
The most common foreign countries of birth were India 3.6%, England 3.2%, Sri Lanka 2.7%, Afghanistan 1.9% and New Zealand 1.9%.
[3] Over the years, Narre Warren has grown from a semi-rural residential town to become a part of a major growth corridor in the southeast of Melbourne.
a multitude of new housing developments have seen Narre Warren expand to such an extent that it now adjoins neighbouring suburbs such as Berwick.
In 2004, Casey Panthers Soccer Club was founded with the home ground being located at Prospect Hill Reserve.
[citation needed] Westfield Fountain Gate (named after one of the earlier subdivisions) is at the heart of the main commercial precinct in Narre Warren.
The centre has been made famous by the popular Australian television show Kath & Kim, parts of which were also filmed at Westfield Southland.
The following lines stop in Narre Warren: 695F, 697, 828, 834, 835, 838, 841, 842, 891, 895, 925, 981, and the once weekly service Cowes - Fountain Gate via Anderson.
Patrons wishing to travel on the Orbost Line towards Traralgon via Morwell & Moe, or the current terminus of the Orbost Line, Bairnsdale via Sale, Traralgon & Warragul must first take the Metro train to either Dandenong railway station or Pakenham railway station, where they can switch over to the V/Line service.