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
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.

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