Editing Warsaw, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Warsaw, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Kentucky|City]]
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| image_caption      = Gallatin County Courthouse
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| map_caption        = Location of Warsaw in Gallatin County, Kentucky.
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| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Gallatin County, Kentucky|Gallatin]]
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.03
| area_land_sq_mi    = 0.96
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.06

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 1761
| population_density_sq_mi = 1830.56

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| elevation_ft       = 492
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41095
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-80706
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| blank1_info        = 2405677<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405677}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.cityofwarsawky.org}}
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| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 1756
| area_total_km2     = 2.66
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'''Warsaw''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class city]] in and the [[county seat]] of [[Gallatin County, Kentucky|Gallatin County]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> located along the [[Ohio River]]. The name was suggested by a riverboat captain, who was reading ''[[Thaddeus of Warsaw]]'', by [[Jane Porter]], when the city was being founded.

The city had a population of 1,615 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2180706| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Warsaw city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=December 6, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> down from 1,811 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].

==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]].

==Geography==
Warsaw is located in north-central Gallatin County, along the south bank of the Ohio River. Across the river is the unincorporated community of [[Florence, Indiana]]; the closest river crossing is the [[Markland Dam Bridge]], {{convert|3.5|mi}} to the west (downstream). [[U.S. Route 42]] passes through the center of town, leading northeast {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Covington, Kentucky|Covington]] and southwest along the Ohio River {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]]. [[Kentucky Route 35]] leads south from Warsaw {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Interstate 71]] and the [[Kentucky Speedway]] in [[Sparta, Kentucky|Sparta]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Warsaw has a total area of {{convert|1.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.7|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 6.47%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 658
| 1870 = 715
| 1880 = 666
| 1890 = 676
| 1900 = 785
| 1910 = 900
| 1920 = 800
| 1930 = 800
| 1940 = 880
| 1950 = 829
| 1960 = 981
| 1970 = 1232
| 1980 = 1328
| 1990 = 1202
| 2000 = 1811
| 2010 = 1615
| 2020 = 1761
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1756
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,811 people, 737 households, and 451 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,868.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 830 housing units at an average density of {{convert|856.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 4.86% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.27% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.27% of the population.

There were 737 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,179, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $30,174 versus $18,164 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,340. About 16.8% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Public education in Warsaw is administered by Gallatin County Schools, which operates [[Gallatin County High School (Kentucky)|Gallatin County High School]].

Warsaw has a [[public library|lending library]], the Gallatin County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Eva Craig Graves Doughty]], journalist.
*[[Lucy Montz]] was the first woman in Kentucky to practice [[dentistry]].
*[[Lottie Deno|Carlotta Thompkins]] was born in 1844 in Warsaw. She later became one of the most well-known gamblers in the [[Old West]].
*[[Richard Yates (politician, born 1815)|Richard Yates]] (1815–1873), served as the 13th [[Governor of Illinois]] during the [[American Civil War]] from 1861 to 1865.

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]
* [[Lynchings of Benjamin and Mollie French]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Warsaw, Kentucky}}
* [http://www.cityofwarsawky.org/ City of Warsaw official website]
* [http://www.nkyviews.com Northern Kentucky Views]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygalla2/ KY GenWeb Gallatin County Kentucky History & Genealogy, a Repository Collection site]

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[[Category:Cities in Gallatin County, Kentucky]]
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[[Category:1798 establishments in Kentucky]]