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Wabash County
Population 2000: 12,937

 

Wabash County History

WABASH COUNTY - situated in the southeast corner of the state; area 220 square miles. The county was carved out from Edwards in 1824, and the first court house built at Centerville, in May , 1826. Later, Mount Carmel was made the county-seat. The Wabash River drains the county on the east; other streams are the Bon Pas, Coffee and Crawfish Creeks. The surface is undulating with a fair growth of timber. The chief industries are the raising of live-stock and the cultivation of cereals. The wool-crop is likewise valuable. The county is crossed by the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis and the Cairo and Vincennes Division of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroads. Population in 1880 was 4,945. In 1890, 11,866; in 1900, 12,583. MOUNT CARMEL - a city and the county-seat of Wabash County; is the point of junction of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis and the Southern Railroads, 132 miles northeast of Cairo, and 24 miles southwest of Vincennes, Ind; situated on the Wabash River, which supplies good water-power for saw mills, flouring mills, and some other manufactures. The town has railroad shops and two daily newspapers. Agriculture and lumbering are the principal pursuits of the people of the surrounding district. Population (1890), 3,376; (1900), 4,311.

 

ONLINE DATA Wabash County Deaths, 1915-1950 (NEW!) A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z Cemeteries of Wabash County Newspaper Data (NEW!)

Precincts of Wabash County

BELLMONT PRECINCT   COFFEE PRECINCT   COMPTON PRECINCT   FRIENDSVILLE PRECINCT   LANCASTER PRECINCT   LICK PRAIRIE PRECINCT   MOUNT CARMEL PRECINCT WABASH PRECINCT Towns and Cities in Wabash County: Village of Allendale Village of Bellmont  Village of Keensburg Lancaster City of Mount Carmel

Wabash County Courthouse P.O. Box 277 Mount Carmel, IL 62863-0277 Phone: (618)262-4561

Wabash County Is Bordered By These Neighboring Counties 

EDWARDS	LAWRENCE*	RICHLAND*
*Available for Adoption

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