Editing Warsaw, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Warsaw began as a landing on the [[Ohio River]] in 1798 called "Great Landing". In 1805, founder Colonel Robert Johnson surveyed and built a road from this landing to his former home in [[Scott County, Kentucky]]. The landing soon became a busy shipping port.

In 1814, Colonel Johnson and Henry Yates purchased {{convert|200|acre}} to establish a river town to be named "Fredericksburg", after Johnson's [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|hometown]] in [[Virginia]]. By 1815, the town plot was complete. The town extended from the river to Market Street and included 172 numbered lots, each {{convert|28.5|by|99|ft}}.

In 1831, the town was renamed as "Warsaw", as the US Postal Service did not want it to have the same name as the Virginia city. The post office was established July 18, 1832, with  W.F. Clinton as postmaster. In 1837, the Gallatin County seat was moved from Port William (now [[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]]) to Warsaw. The courthouse is now the oldest operating one in the state. The oldest home in Warsaw is the Henry Yates House, a home built of log construction circa 1809.

On December 4, 1868, 80 people died in the Ohio River steamboat [[United States and America steamboat disaster|collision of the ''United States'' and the ''America'' near Warsaw.]]

The Warsaw Historic District was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982. It is roughly bounded by W. High, E. Franklin, Washington, Market, Main, 3rd, 4th and Cross streets. It features [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] and [[Gothic Revival architecture]].