Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Founding: 1859 (declared in 1855)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Waubonsie, Potawatomi chief
Seat: Wabaunsee (1859–1867); Alma (1867–)
Land area: 794 square miles
Population (2020): 6,877
Population (historic): 1,023 (1860); 8,756 (1880); 12,813 (1900); 1,0830 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 13 townships
National Register listings: 19
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,247 (37.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,499
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,234

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,653
Average farm size (1920): 115.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and New York
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Alma

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1863 (post office); 1866 (platting); 1869 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 802
Population (historic): 362 (1880); 966 (1900); 811 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1950–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 234 (51.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Samuel Pratt Farm (c. 1875). 34107 State Route 18. Wabaunsee. Italianate.
2. *John Fix Farm (c. 1865). 34554 Old K10 Road. Washington. Italianate.
3. *Henry Grimm Farm (1880). 35180 Old K10 Road. Washington.