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Gallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky along the Ohio River , which at its formation was the main transportation route. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,870. Its county seat is Warsaw . The county is named for Albert Gallatin , a Swiss native who served as Secretary of the Treasury for President Thomas Jefferson .
The county was formed on December 14, 1798. Gallatin was the 31st Kentucky county to be established. It was derived from parts of Franklin and Shelby counties. Later, parts of the county were pared off to create three additional counties: Owen in 1819, Trimble in 1836 and Carroll in 1838. Today Gallatin is one tenth of its original size. Its northern border is along the Ohio River , across which is Indiana. The American Civil War disrupted the lives of Gallatin residents. Skirmishes occurred in the county and Union forces arrested some men for treason. After the end of the Civil War, the Ohio River near Warsaw was the scene of one of the worst steamboat accidents in history. Two passenger steamers, the America and the United States , collided.
