Warsaw is an

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in Walsh County,

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, United States. It is approximately east of

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(mailing addresses in Warsaw say "

" because mail is delivered by postal workers based there) and about 15 miles southeast of Grafton, the county seat. It is in an area of Walsh County that was settled in the 19th century by immigrants from

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, and which remained a predominantly

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-speaking area well beyond the middle of the 20th century. The

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of St. Stanislaus in Warsaw, built in 1901, is listed in the

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. Many of the inscriptions on gravestones in the adjacent cemetery are in Polish.
St. Gianna's Maternity Home
which takes in women experiencing "crisis pregnancies" who in some cases might otherwise seek abortions, is located in Warsaw. It is named in honor of

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References

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