[4] Captain William Mitchell, Jr., a seaman who joined the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony that settled in Wabaunsee, played an important role in the county settlement and with the underground railroad.

[6] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Topeka to Herington.

[7] This main line connected Topeka, Valencia, Willard, Maple Hill, Vera, Paxico, McFarland, Alma, Volland, Alta Vista, Dwight, White City, Latimer, Herington.

This ecological disaster caused an exodus of many farmers to escape from the hostile environment of Kansas.

[10] Republican Governor Alf Landon also employed emergency measures, including a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures and a balanced budget initiative.

[11] The Agricultural Adjustment Administration succeeded in raising wheat prices after 1933, thus alleviating the most serious distress.

It was believed that the prisoners would be less of a security risk in North America, where there were fewer Nazi sympathizers, than they would be in Europe.

The prisoners were paid $0.40 per hour and granted a daily noon lunch, in exchange for their help on farms and bridges throughout the region.

[14] Wabaunsee County is part of the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

County governance is overseen by a three member Board of Commissioners, each of whom is responsible for a separate district.

† denotes a community which is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.