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(2000 US Census Map)
Wabaunsee County Maps (City Villages & Townships)
Wabaunsee County is located in northeast Kansas, approximately 30 miles west of Topeka, the State Capital. Formally known as, Richardson County, it was formed in 1855, adjoining and west of Shawnee county. Four years later, Richardson was changed to Wabaunsee in honor of Wah-bahn-se, the Warrior Chief of the Pottawatomie Tribe. (see Native American's link). As of 2001, the population of Wabaunsee County was 6,843.
List of Wabaunsee County Township Maps
The list below shows cities, towns and villages within each map area. To search for cemeteries, villages and other features click on the townships listed below which will take you to the USGS GNIS site. Cities listed include those that no longer exist and/or have changed names or townships. Therefore some cities will be duplicated.
Alma Township (formed in 1859) - Allendorph, City of Alma (County Seat), Fairfield Farmer Township (formed in 1873 from Alma) - Halifax Garfield Township (formed in 1886 from Washington) - Alta Vista, Templin Kaw Township - (formed in 1875 from Newbury) - Wells Creek Maple Hill Township (formed in 1872 from Newbury) - City of Maple Hill, Vera Mill Creek Township - (formed in 1877 from Alma) - Hessdale Mission Creek Township (formed in 1859) - Keene, Mission Creek, Rockton Newbury Township (formed in 1870 from Pottawatomie reserve lands) - McFarland, Newbury (Also known as Newberry; Newburg), Paxico, Snokomo, Vera Plumb Township (formed in 1887 from Wilmington) - Harveyville, Wilmington, Bradford Rock Creek Township (formed in 1872 from Wilmington) - Chalk Wabaunsee Township (formed in 1859) - City of Wabaunsee Washington Township (formed in 1873 from Alma) - Volland Wilmington Township (formed in 1859) - Eskridge, Zerandale township - (Established in Davis County, set-off and annexed to Wabaunsee, but was subsequently, by act of the Territorial Legislature, set off and annexed to Riley County)
Wabaunsee County KS General Hwy Map Dept of Transportation (pdf file) - shows not only roads but also location of churches, cemeteries, school houses, libraries etc.
"Little
Known or Extinct Towns of Kansas" (The "Kansas Dead Town List"),
compiled by Mary Emma Milner Montgomery - The Kansas State Historical
Society searchable database/index includes the town's name(s), the
present-day county in which the townsite is located, and sometimes brief
notes. The originals and a printed version are available at the Kansas
State Historical Society; a microfilm version is available for
interlibrary loan. Where In Kansas Is . . . ? Enter the Kansas town you wish to locate Township Map with School House points (+)
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