Warsaw Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Warsaw Historic District, in Warsaw, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, is a 65 acres (26 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Franklin, Washington, Market, Main, 3rd, 4th and Cross Sts. in Warsaw.”
Wikipedia article Warsaw Historic District (Warsaw, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Gallatin County · listed in 1982 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by W. High, E. Franklin, Washington, Market, Main, 3rd, 4th and Cross Sts., Warsaw, 41095
When was it listed? July 1982
Category. district
Census division. Warsaw
National Register reference number. 82002699 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Warsaw Historic District between 2009 and 2017, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
22 April 2014	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	VERA CRUZ
9 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 November 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HWY 455 FIRE
11 November 2014	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	VERA CRUZ

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warsaw Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Warsaw Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin County

Storms near this property

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 6 flood, 5 flash flood. The reports record 19 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	10 hurt, $375,000	Several mobile homes were demolished along State Route 184 between Interstate 71 and the Ohio River. Damage was caused by a microburst.
May 1996	Tornado (F1)	Warsaw	7 hurt, $10,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	2 hurt, $20,000	Several large tress were downed and four homes were damaged by the trees. Two people suffered minor injuries in the homes. A few telephone poles were also downed.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$50,000	A barn was collapsed and several outbuildings were damaged. In addition boat docks were tipped over and there was minor residential roof damage which consisted of shingles and tin material being removed. Finally, numerous trees were knocked down and tree limbs snapped.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$35,000	Part of a roof was torn off a church. Also, a few homes were damaged due to fallen trees and wind damage.
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Warsaw	$30,000	Several homes received damage to roofs, siding and porches. Damage also occurred to some barns and outbuildings. Finally, numerous trees were also knocked down or damaged.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$15,000	A few small structures and sheds were blown off of their foundation due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	Numerous trees were downed county wide due to thunderstorm winds.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$8,000	Several trees were downed. One tree fell on a house, causing minor damage.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$6,000	Trees were downed along US Route 42 to the west of the intersection with US Route 127. One tree fell on a house, causing minor damage.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$5,000	Multiple roads were flooded or closed due to high water.
May 1996	Hail	Warsaw	$5,000	no account filed
May 1996	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$5,000	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,000	Several large trees were downed.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,000	A few trees were downed in the Warsaw area.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,000	Several 4 to 5 inch diameter branches were downed and the roof of a metal barn was damaged.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$3,000	Streams were over multiple roads countywide. Interstate 71 was also partially closed due to high water.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,000	Winds were estimated at 60 mph, which tore down large tree limbs.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,000	no account filed
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Two trees were downed.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	A few trees were downed in the Warsaw area due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	One tree and several large limbs were downed along Dry Creek Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	A tree was downed on Smith Avenue.
January 2012	Flood	Warsaw	$1,000	Minor flooding was reported along Highway 42 due to heavy rain.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	A tree was downed on High Street due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2012	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$1,000	High water due to heavy rain was reported along West Highway 42.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	no account filed
August 2022	Flood	Warsaw	-	Dry Creek Road was closed due to high water in the 2500 block.
February 2019	Flood	Warsaw	-	High water affected a few roads.
April 2015	Flood	Warsaw	-	Several roads were closed across the county due to high water including Kentucky State Route 467.
April 2015	Flood	Warsaw	-	U.S. Route 42 had water pooling on it, but it was passable.
May 2010	Flood	Warsaw	-	Roads were still reported closed due to previous flash flooding.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	High water flooded several roads.
June 1995	Hail	Warsaw	-	Winds were estimated at 60 mph, which tore down large tree limbs.
March 2024	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gallatin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Henry C. Peak House	under 500 feet	1980
Dr. Lucy Dupuy Montz House	0.2 miles	1978
Benjamin F. Turley House	5.8 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002699 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gallatin County	All 4 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.