Warsaw, Kentucky

Warsaw, Kentucky
City
Gallatin County Courthouse
Location of Warsaw, Kentucky
Coordinates: 38°47′0″N 84°53′58″W / 38.78333°N 84.89944°W / 38.78333; -84.89944Coordinates: 38°47′0″N 84°53′58″W / 38.78333°N 84.89944°W / 38.78333; -84.89944
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Gallatin
Area
• Total	0.69 sq mi (1.80 km2)
• Land	0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation	495 ft (151 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,615
• Density	2,488/sq mi (960.8/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	41095
Area code(s)	859
FIPS code	21-80706
GNIS feature ID	0506241
Website	www.cityofwarsawky.org

Warsaw is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The name was suggested by a riverboat captain, who was reading Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Jane Porter, at the time. The city had a population of 1,615 at the 2010 census, down from 1,811 at the 2000 census.

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, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the west (downstream). U.S. Route 42 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 35 miles (56 km) to Covington and southwest along the Ohio River 17 miles (27 km) to Carrollton. Kentucky Route 35 leads south from Warsaw 6 miles (10 km) to Interstate 71 and the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Warsaw has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²), of which 0.66 square miles (1.7 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 6.47%, is water.

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.