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GNIS feature ID. 2397201 [2] Website. www.welcometowarsaw.com. Warsaw is a city located in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,209 at the 2020 census. Warsaw is the county seat of Benton County. [4] Adjacent to the Osage River it is heavily tied to two major lakes on the river.
The history of Warsaw spans over 1400 years. In that time, the city evolved from a cluster of villages to the capital of a major European power, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth —and, under the patronage of its kings, a center of enlightenment and otherwise unknown tolerance. Fortified settlements founded in the 9th century form the core ...
1390 - St. John's Cathedral construction begins. 1413 - Duke Janusz I of Warsaw from the Piast dynasty confirmed and extended the city rights of the Warsaw Old Town. [1] 1529 - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland held in Warsaw. [2] 1534 - Paper mill established. [3] 1556–1557 - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland held in Warsaw.
25 captured. 7 killed. 25 wounded. The Battle of Cole Camp was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 19, 1861, in Benton County, Missouri. The Union loss provided an open path for the fleeing governor and Missouri State Guard away from Lyon's force in Boonville.
Utah. Washington. During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals, and supplies to both sides, maintained dual governments, and endured a bloody neighbor-against-neighbor intrastate war within the larger national war.
Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Parts of three smaller tributaries to the Osage are included in the impoundment: the Niangua River, Grandglaize Creek, and Gravois Creek. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres (220 km 2) and 1,150 miles (1,850 km ...
NRHP reference No. 99001159 [1] Added to NRHP. September 17, 1999. Upper Bridge, also known as the Warsaw Swinging Bridge, is a historic cable suspension bridge located at Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri. It originally opened in 1904 and rebuilt in 1928 after a tornado in 1924. It measures 600 feet (180 m) long, and spans the Osage River.
The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase.