Wabash County, Indiana

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1832)
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

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

Land area: 412 square miles

Population (2020): 30,976

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1910s; 1930–1980

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

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,562 (39.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%
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); 1849 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,440

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,247 (44%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Rankin Hoover Farm (1883). 7237 North 400 East. Chester. Italianate.
2. Jacob Schroll House (c. 1880). 8616 North 400 East. Chester. Italianate.
3. Martin Heckathorn House (c. 1855). 13581 Meridian Road. Chester. Greek Revival.
4. Jacob Heeter Farm (1866). 3839 State Route 114. Chester.
5. Richard Dufton House (c. 1880). 3893 East 250 South. Lagro. Second Empire. Razed.
6. John Harden House (c. 1880). 4753 East 500 South. Lagro. Italianate.
7. Edward Kelley House (1848). 7192 Division Road. Lagro. Greek Revival. Razed.
8. William Hale Farm (1842). 9317 South 390 East. Liberty.
9. Stearns Fisher Farm (1835). 2402 South 530 West. Noble. Greek Revival.
10. Thomas Daugherty House (c. 1875). 1355 East 700 South. Liberty. Italianate.
11. Enos Thomas House (1864). 2821 Old State Route 15. Noble. Greek Revival.
12. William Stone Farm (c. 1870). 2336 State Route 15. Noble. Gothic Revival.
13. Cornelius Halderman Farm (c. 1865). 5653 North 700 West. Paw Paw. Gothic Revival.
14. Isaac Cripe Farm (1876). 12200 North 200 West. Pleasant.
15. Jonas Lukens House (1876). 11393 North 800 West. Pleasant. Greek Revival.
16. Eli Sullivan Farm (c. 1855). 6365 State Route 124. Waltz. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.

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