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Wabash County Historical Museum

Wabash County Historical Museum from directly overhead

Wabash County Historical Museum is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. The nearest named place is Lonely Red Caboose, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

Built approx: 1895 Style: 20th Century Functional Built as the "Big Four Mercantile Co." In 1937 Sears & Roebuck Until the 1980's. Now it's used for the Wabash County Historical Museum.;The Wabash County Historical Museum uses state-of-the-art exhibits to

The story

county seat of Wabash County, Indiana, United States

Dates from 1849.

Wikidata Q989967, matched on coordinates and name (711 m apart).

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79736, -85.82009

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • First Electrical City Waterfountain Park: 0.1 mi
  • Spaces In-Between Park: 0.1 mi
  • Paradise Spring Historical Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wabash River Walk: 0.4 mi
  • John Drook Memorial Bike and Skate Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Museums: 10
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Key Way: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle Sundae: 12.6 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 17.6 mi
  • Firefighter Garfield Statue: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Claire: 20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:1320:3821:19
September equinox07:3119:0619:42
December solstice08:0516:3617:19

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262939516271747266544231
Precip in2.42.22.63.54.44.94.64.23.23.12.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wabash, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/551197463

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