Wabash County, Illinois
Founding: 1824
Parent county: Edwards
Namesake: The Wabash River
Seat: Centerville (1824–1829); Mount Carmel (1829–)
Seat: Centerville (1824–1829); Mount Carmel (1829–)
Land area: 223 square miles
Population (2020): 11,361
Population (historic): 2,710 (1830); 4,690 (1850); 8,841 (1870); 12,583 (1900); 13,197 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1910; 1930–1950; 1970s
Subdivisions: One city; three villages; eight precincts
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,263 (22.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.9%
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.9%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.9%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,327Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,029
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,053
Average farm size (1920): 109.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Indiana, Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky
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Number of farms (1920): 1,053
Average farm size (1920): 109.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Indiana, Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky
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Mount Carmel
Namesake: The biblical Mount Carmel
Founding: 1818 (platting); 1819 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 7,015
Population (historic): 935 (1850); 1,640 (1870); 3,376 (1890); 6,934 (1910); 7,132 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1940s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 792 (22.6%)
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Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 792 (22.6%)
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