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Wabash County, Indiana

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32historic places

—earliest paper

1832formed

30,976pop. 2020

45cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Wabash, North Manchester, Roann.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
13-24 Drive-In Movie Theater	Wabash	Building	2021
Amoss, James M., Building	Wabash	Building	1984
Downtown Wabash Historic District	Wabash	District	1986
East Wabash Historic District	Wabash	District	2011
F. & A.M. Tuscan Lodge No. 143	Lagro	Building	2020
First Christian Church	Wabash	Building	1983
Halderman-Van Buskirk Farmstead	Roann	District	2013
Hominy Ridge Shelter House	Lagro	Building	1994
Honeywell Memorial Community Center	Wabash	Building	1983
Honeywell Studio	Wabash	Building	2005
Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery	Urbana	Building	2015
I.O.R.M. Hall, Tonkawa No. 326	Lagro	Building	2020
Josiah White’s Manual Labor Institute	Wabash	District	2022
LaFontaine Historic District	LaFontaine	District	2014
Lentz House (Hotel Sheller)	North Manchester	Building	1982
Lewis, Thomas J., House	Roann	Building	2006
Marshall, Thomas R., School	North Manchester	Building	2004
McNamee-Ford House	Wabash	Building	1995
Noftzger-Adams House	North Manchester	Building	1979
North Manchester Covered Bridge	North Manchester	Structure	1982
North Manchester Historic District	North Manchester	District	2002
North Manchester Public Library	North Manchester	Building	1996
North Wabash Historic District	Wabash	District	1999
Peabody Memorial Tower	North Manchester	Structure	2010
Roann Covered Bridge, 4th	Roann	Structure	1981
Roann Historic District	Roann	District	2013
Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library	Roann	Building	2002
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church	Lagro	Building	1999
Stockdale Mill	Stockdale	Building	2004
Teague Barn Wabash Importing Company Farm Stable	Wabash	Building	2002
West Wabash Historic District	Wabash	District	1988
Wilson, Solomon, Building	Wabash	Building	1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wabash was formed in 1832 (1832-02-02) from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS, Grant.

WABASH created from parts of ADAMS New Purchase attached to CASS and GRANT, and from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS, and Non-County Area 15 attached to GRANT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wabash County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,756	17,547	25,241	28,235	27,231	26,601	29,047	32,605	36,640	34,960	30,976

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

45 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abshire Cemetery	40.89797	-85.90803
Algers Cemetery	40.93584	-85.82273
Allbright Cemetery	40.87755	-85.64171
America Cemetery	40.68056	-85.69927
Center Grove Cemetery	40.77002	-85.6591
Concord Cemetery	40.98715	-85.66188
Daniel Cemetery	40.92879	-85.70078
Fairview Cemetery	40.97131	-85.74146
Foster Cemetery	40.86961	-85.77101
Friends Cemetery	40.78086	-85.8615
Gamble Cemetery	40.88196	-85.92375
Gardner Cemetery	40.67814	-85.71794
Glenwood Cemetery	41.03504	-85.74581
Hale Cemetery	40.68894	-85.7165
Harper Cemetery	40.67394	-85.73056
Huff Cemetery	40.85865	-85.9187
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.92781	-85.92415
Jack Cemetery	40.88844	-85.89713
Krisher Cemetery	40.98648	-85.76589
Lagro Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.84117	-85.72665
Laketon Cemetery	40.96327	-85.83387
Leedy Cemetery	40.79063	-85.68035
Long Cemetery	40.88531	-85.83137
Matlock Cemetery	40.78039	-85.79269
Memorial Lawns Cemetery	40.81966	-85.80619
Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery	40.70031	-85.82609
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	40.73006	-85.91279
Murphy Cemetery	40.73858	-85.85741
North Union Cemetery	40.7298	-85.9272
Oaklawn Cemetery	41.00658	-85.78116
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	40.99865	-85.81415
Reeds Cemetery	40.88142	-85.93859
Renicker Cemetery	40.83258	-85.7756
Rennaker Cemetery	40.67479	-85.72799
Richvalley Cemetery	40.79235	-85.92004
Rodef Sholem Cemetery	40.79876	-85.84205
Saint Patrick Cemetery	40.84322	-85.71939
Shiloh Cemetery	40.95381	-85.92504
Slocum Cemetery	40.6982	-85.90766
Speicher Cemetery	40.89893	-85.76137
Stone Cemetery	40.71912	-85.71776
Swank Cemetery	41.02448	-85.75304
Union Cemetery	41.01555	-85.72167
Waggoner Cemetery	40.71119	-85.67424
Wallace Cemetery	40.8096	-85.88504

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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