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Wabash County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Wabash River
- Seat
- Mount Carmel
- Largest city
- Mount Carmel
- Total
- 228 sq mi (590 km )
- Land
- 223 sq mi (580 km )
- Water
- 4.3 sq mi (11 km ) 1.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,907
- Density
- 50.9/sq mi (19.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Wabash River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Mount Carmel
- Population
- 11361
- Area
- 228
- Shares border with
- Richland County
- Image
- Wabash County Courthouse in Mount Carmel.jpg
- Households
- 4780
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- native label
- Wabash County
- Commons category
- Wabash County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Wabash County, Illinois
- inception
- 1824-12-27
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wabash County, Illinois
- different from
- Wabasha County
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- per capita income
- 29252
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Encyclopedic overview
Cherry St. in Mount Carmel, still paved in brick, is home to many interesting examples of around the start of the 20th century architecture
Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 11,361. Its county seat is Mount Carmel. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wabash County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.