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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