Wabash County, Illinois

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Wabash County, IL
Wabash County was formed in 1824 out of Edwards County, after an armed confrontation between the militias of Albion and Mt. Carmel after the county seat was moved from a town near the current city of Mount Carmel to Albion. With 8,866 people, Mount Carmel itself accounts for roughly 70% of Wabash County's population. Nearly 85% of the county's population lives either in or within 2 miles of the city.

One of only two Wabash Counties in the United States, the other being Wabash County, IN (85)

Wabash County, Illinois
County Population: 13,211 (2007)

Precincts (seat)
Bellmont (Bellmont)
Coffee (Keensburg)
Compton (East Grayville)
Friendsville (Friendsville)
Lancaster (Lancaster)
Lick Prairie (Lick Prairie)
Mount Carmel (Mount Carmel)
Wabash (Allendale)

County Seat:
Mount Carmel (8,866)

Other Towns:
Allendale (727)
Bellmont (424)
Keensburg (221)

The first and more powerful of the two earthquakes that occurred on April 18, 2008 at 4:37am was in Lick Prairie township located in the northwestern part of the county, the other was in northern Edwards county at 10:14am.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_County,_Illinois
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   38°24'1"N   87°49'6"W

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  • The first county of the series of tracing out the remainder of the counties of the Evansville Area in both Kentucky and Illinois.
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