Warsaw, Kentucky

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.GeographyWarsaw 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, to the west (downstream). U.S. Route 42 passes through the center of town, leading northeast to Covington and southwest along the Ohio River to Carrollton. Kentucky Route 35 leads south from Warsaw 6mi to Interstate 71 and the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.