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Welcome to Wabash ...

Wabash is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wabash, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Wabash is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Wabash lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Wabash: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Wabash ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Wabash - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wabash.

Communities near Wabash ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wabash.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wabash. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wabash.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wabash. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wabash.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wabash. See our Newspapers Page for Wabash.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wabash ...

Looking for more information about Wabash? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Wabash, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wabash.

Adding Wabash to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wabash in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Wabash was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Wabash post office opened in 1881.

We also found Wabash in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wabash.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wabash - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Wabash area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Wabash area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/