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Wabash is a city in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,743 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Wabash County.

On March 31, 1880, Wabash became the first electrically lighted city in the world (Silverberg, 1967).

Wabash is located at 40.800799, -85.827163.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.7 km² (9.1 mi²). 23.1 km² (8.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (2.73%) is water.

Wabash County is located in northeastern Indiana approximately eighty-five miles from Indianapolis. The county is largely agricultural and much of Wabash County is rich bottom land on which large crops of corn, wheat, and soybeans are produced. The largest river is in the county is the Wabash River. In the late 1960's the Mississinewa and Salamonie were dammed by the United States Corps of Engineers to create two large reservoirs.

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