Wabash County, Indiana

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1820)
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Wabash River
Seat: Wabash (1835–)

Land area: 412 square miles

Population (2010): 32,888

Population (historic): 2,756 (1840); 17,547 (1860); 25,241 (1880); 28,235 (1900); 25,170 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1950s

Subdivisions: One city; four towns; two CDPs; seven townships

National Register listings: 29

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,562 (39.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,621
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,529

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,529
Average farm size (1920): 81.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, and Virginia

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Wabash

Namesake: The Wabash River

Founding: 1834 (platting); 1839 (post office)

Population (2010): 10,666

Population (historic): 966 (1850); 2,881 (1870); 8,618 (1900); 8,840 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,247 (44%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Heckathorn House (c. 1855). 13581 Cook Road. Chester Township. Greek Revival.
2. Jacob Schroll House (c. 1875). 8616 Gilbert Road. Chester Township. Italianate.
3. John Heeter Farm (1866). 3839 State Route 114. Chester Township.
4. Edward Kelley House (1848). East Division Road. Lagro Township. Razed.
5. Harden House (c. 1880). 4753 Lincolnville Road. Lagro Township. Italianate.
6. William Hale Farm (1842). Boundary Line Road. Liberty Township.
7. Thomas Daugherty House (c. 1875). 1355 Treaty Pike. Liberty Township. Italianate.
8. Enoch Thomas House (1864). 2821 LaFontaine Avenue. Noble Township. Greek Revival.
9. Silas Stone Farm (c. 1870). 2336 State Route 15. Noble Township. Gothic Revival.
10. Stearns Fisher Farm (1835). US Highway 24. Noble Township. Greek Revival.
11. *Cornelius Halderman Farm (c. 1865). 5653 Roann–Rich Valley Road. Paw Paw Township. Gothic Revival.
12. Farm (1876). 11393 North 800W. Pleasant Township. Greek Revival.
13. Isaac Cripe Farm (1876). 12200 Delauter Road. Pleasant Township.

1. *St. Patrick Catholic Church (1870–1873). West Main Street. Lagro. High Gothic.
2. *Noftzger–Adams House (c. 1880). 102 East 3rd Street. North Manchester. Italianate.
3. *Lentz Hotel (1847/1881/1896). Walnut Street. North Manchester. Second Empire.
4. *Stockdale Mill (1857). North 800W. Stockdale.
5. *Wabash County Courthouse (1878). 1 West Hill Street. Wabash. Classical Revival/Italianate/Romanesque.
6. *First Christian Church (c. 1865). 110 West Hill Street. Wabash. Romanesque.
7. *McNamee–Ford House (1901). 536 North Wabash Street. Wabash. Classical Revival.
8. *Solomon Wilson Building (1883). 102 South Wabash Street. Wabash. Second Empire.
9. *James Amoss Building (c. 1880). 110 South Wabash Street. Wabash. Italianate.