WARSAW, p-v., Hancock co., Ill., 114 W. N. W. Springfield, 892 W. Situated on the E. side of Mississippi r., at the foot of the Des Moines rapids. It contains several stores, a steam m., and about 800 inhabitants. It is near the site of old Fort Edwards. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1843)
WARSAW A flourishing village of Hancock county is finely situated on the Mississippi river, at the foot of the lower rapids, 115 miles west north-west from Springfield. The site of the town is high and beautiful, and its position is favorable for trade. The largest steamers ascend the river to the lower rapids. Warsaw does a large exporting and importing business, and is rapidly increasing in population. It is the western terminus of the La Fayette and Warsaw railroad. Plank roads are being extended into various parts of the county. One newspaper is published here. Population, about 3,000. Geo. W. Thatcher, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer..., 1859)