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Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 11,947.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17185.html )〕 Its county seat is Mount Carmel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt". ==History== Wabash County was formed in 1824 out of Edwards County, to avert 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. The County is named for the Wabash River, which forms its eastern and southern borders. The name "Wabash" is an English spelling of the French name for the river, "Ouabache." French traders named the river after the Miami Indian word for the river, "Wabashike," (pronounced "Wah-bah-she-keh"), the word for "pure white." Much of the river bottom is white limestone, now obscured by mud. File:Wabash County Illinois 1824.png|Wabash County at the time of its creation in 1824 A remnant of the county's original Eastern Woodlands ecosystem can be found in the ''Forest of the Wabash'' located within the county's Beall Woods State Park. In the 1920s there existed a famous hotel and resort that existed in Wabash County nearby the Grand Rapids Dam on the Wabash River. The hotel was named the Grand Rapids Hotel and was owned by Frederick Hinde Zimmerman. During the hotel's nine-year existence it catered to individuals from all over the United States. In July 2011, John Matthew Nolan wrote a detailed history of the Grand Rapids Hotel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wabash County, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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