Warsaw, North Dakota
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Warsaw is an unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. It is approximately 5.5 miles east of Minto (mailing addresses in Warsaw say "Minto" because mail is delivered by postal workers based there) and about 15 miles southeast of Grafton, the county seat. its name has official status. It is in an area of Walsh County that was settled in the 19th century by immigrants from Poland, and which remained a predominantly Polish-speaking area well beyond the middle of the 20th century. The Catholic Church of St. Stanislaus in Warsaw, built in 1901, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the inscriptions on gravestones in the adjacent cemetery are in Polish.
St. Gianna's Maternity Home, which takes in women enduring "crisis pregnancies" who in some cases might otherwise seek abortions, is located in Warsaw. It is named in honor of Gianna Beretta Molla.
Coordinates: 48°17′46″N 97°15′17″W / 48.29611°N 97.25472°W
- Unincorporated communities in Walsh County, North Dakota
- Unincorporated communities in North Dakota
- Polish communities in the United States
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