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 _________________________________________________________...