Headnote
WABASH COUNTY, situated on the southeasterly boundary of Illinois, with Wabash river on the southwest. Area, 180 square miles. Seat of justice, Mount Carmel. Pop. in 1840, 4,210; in 1850, 4,690. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Wabash County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WABASH COUNTY, situated on the southeasterly boundary of Illinois, with Wabash river on the southwest.  Area, 180 square miles.  Seat of justice, Mount Carmel. Pop. in 1840, 4,210; in 1850, 4,690.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetterr of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 372.
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