Wabash (Indiana)
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 Carnegie Library, Wabash |
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| Location in Indiana | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1849 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Indiana | ||
| County : | Wabash County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 48 ′ N , 85 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 11,342 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 491 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.7 km 2 (about 9 mi 2 ) of which 23.1 km 2 (about 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 217 m | ||
| Postal code : | 46992 | ||
| Area code : | +1 260 | ||
| FIPS : | 18-79370 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0445327 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofwabash.com | ||
| Mayor : | Bob Vanlandingham | ||
 Aerial view of Wabash |
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Wabash is the capital of Wabash County in the US state of Indiana .
Its population was 11,342 at the 2006 census.
Wabash was the first city in the world to be electrically lit, and it was inaugurated on March 31, 1880.
The Indian writer and activist Zitkala-Ša attended White's Manual Labor Institute, a boarding school in Wabash from 1884 to 1895, which was run by Quakers .
Personalities
- Loren M. Berry - Yellow Pages pioneer
- John W. Corso (1929–2019) - production designer and art director
- Jimmy Daywalt (1924–1966) - racing car driver
- Crystal Gayle (born 1951) - country singer
- Mark Honeywell - Founder of Honeywell International
- George Mullin - Major League Baseball pitcher 1902–1915, nicknamed "Wabash George"
- Paul K. Weimer (1914-2005) - physicist
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 2000 | 11,743 |
| 2006 | 11,342 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Silverberg, Robert: Light for the World: Edison and the Power Industry . D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1967.