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| Name | Wabash |
| Alt names | Wabash | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 40.85°N 85.783°W |
| Located in | Indiana, United States (1820 - ) |
| See also | Allen, Indiana, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Boone, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Carroll, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cass, Indiana, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Clinton, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Fountain, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hendricks, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Montgomery, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Morgan, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Parke, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Putnam, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Vermillion, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Warren, Indiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Wabash is the name of both a former and a current county in Indiana.
Former County
Wabash County (unorganized) was reported in 1820. Its 1820 area was included in 1830 in Carroll, Warren, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Hendricks, Morgan, Monroe, Owen, Parke, Vermillion, and (in small part) Clay. The present-day Wabash County was formed in 1832.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 147
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Current County
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Wabash County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 32,888. The county seat is Wabash.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
The area was inhabited for thousands of years by cultures of indigenous peoples. French explorers and traders encountered the historical Miami Native Americans beginning in the 17th century.
Wabash County, along with Delaware County, was originally formed Jan. 1820 out of the 1818 New Purchase resulting from the Treaty of St. Mary's. Wabash County was the Wabash River drainage area, and Delaware County, the White River drainage area. Numerous counties were carved out of the Wabash New Purchase. Wabash County as it exists today was organized out of a remnant portion of the original county in 1835.
The name "Wabash" is an English spelling of the earlier French name for the river, Ouabache. French traders derived the French version from the Indian name for the river, Wabashike (pronounced "Wah-bah-she-keh") (meaning "pure white".) Much of the river bottom is white limestone, now obscured by mud.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 2,756
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| 1850 | 12,138
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| 1860 | 17,547
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| 1870 | 21,305
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| 1880 | 25,241
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| 1890 | 27,126
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| 1900 | 28,235
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| 1910 | 26,926
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| 1920 | 27,231
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| 1930 | 25,170
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| 1940 | 26,601
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| 1950 | 29,047
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| 1960 | 32,605
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| 1970 | 35,553
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| 1980 | 36,640
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| 1990 | 35,069
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Wabash County, Indiana, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~inwabash/
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