Wabasha County, Minnesota

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1849)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The city of Wabasha
Seat: Wabasha (1854–)
Land area: 523 square miles
Population (2020): 21,387
Population (historic): 7,228 (1860); 18,206 (1880); 18,924 (1900); 19,613 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1850–1880; 1890s; 1920s; 1950–2010
Subdivisions: 11 cities; 17 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,194 (21.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,138
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,943

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,831
Average farm size (1920): 121.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, New York, Wisconsin, and Ireland
_________________________________________________________________________________
 

Wabasha

 
Namesake: Wapasha II, Dakota chief
Founding: 1850 (post office); 1854 (platting); 1858 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,559
Population (historic): 894 (1860); 2,088 (1880); 2,528 (1900); 2,212 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930–1960; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 454 (32.2%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (1903). 22032 County Road 18. Highland. Gothic Revival.
2. Patrick Rahilly House (1880). 34057 County Road 15. Mount Pleasant. Italianate.
3. Henry Wedge Farm (1879). 52043 County Road 4. Plainview.
4. Charles Petrich House (c. 1875). 22408 County Road 25. Plainview.
5. St. Patrick Catholic Church (1875). 30932 State Route 60. West Albany. Gothic Revival.

_________________________________________________________________________________