Kosciusko County is a county located in the U.S. state

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 of Indiana

Indiana

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. Census 2010 recorded the population at 77,358. The county seat

County seat

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 is Warsaw

Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...

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The county was formed in 1836. It was named after the Polish

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 general Tadeusz Kościuszko

Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...

, who served in the American Revolutionary War, and then returned to Poland. The county seat is named after Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of 554.39 square miles (1,435.9 km²), of which 531.38 square miles (1,376.3 km²) (or 95.85%) is land and 23.01 square miles (59.6 km²) (or 4.15%) is water.

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  Claypool is a town in Clay Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. The population was 431 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Claypool is located at ....
  
  
• Etna Green
  Etna Green, Indiana
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• Leesburg
  Leesburg, Indiana
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• Mentone
  Mentone, Indiana
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• Milford
  Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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  North Webster, Indiana
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  Pierceton, Indiana
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  Silver Lake, Indiana
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• Syracuse
  Syracuse, Indiana
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  Warsaw, Indiana
  Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...
  
  
• Winona Lake
  Winona Lake, Indiana
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• Clay
  Clay Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Franklin
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• Harrison
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• Jackson
  Jackson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
  Jackson Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,362.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Jefferson
  Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Lake
  Lake Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Monroe
  Monroe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Plain
  Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
  Plain Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 7,194.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Prairie
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  Prairie Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,590.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Scott
  Scott Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
  Scott Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,618.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Seward
  Seward Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
  Seward Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,462.-External links:* *...
  
  
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  Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Turkey Creek
  Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Van Buren
  Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
  Van Buren Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,013.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Washington
  Washington Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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• Wayne
  Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
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In recent years, average temperatures in Warsaw have ranged from a low of 15 °F (-9.4 °C) in January to a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C) in July, although a record low of -25 °F was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 103 °F (39.4 °C) was recorded in July 1976.