Wabaunsee, KS

Wabaunsee is a census-designated place in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 104 residents. Wabaunsee was named for former Pottawatomi chief Wabaunsee. Wabaunsee was founded in 1855 by a group of nearly 100 emigrants from New Haven, Connecticut. That mix gives Wabaunsee a clear local shape within Kansas, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. They were inspired by a sermon given by well-known abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, who donated money to help supply rifles for the men to defend themselves. Wabaunsee is located approximately one-half mile south of the Kansas River, in Wabaunsee Township along K-18, two miles west of K-99.