was $14000. Males had a median income of $18000 versus $12,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,210. About 7.9% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over. Education The town has a lending library, the Wabash Carnegie Public Library. Image gallery Notable people Michael Baber - music and sound editor Adelaide Steele Baylor - federal education official Loren M. Berry – pioneer of Yellow Pages telephone directory Dr. Rick Brandenburg – entomologist John W. Corso – art director and production designer John P. Costas - telecommunications engineer, noted for Costas loop James E. Dabler - Illinois state representative and businessman Jimmy Daywalt – race car driver Charles Dingle - actor Gus Dorais – football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball Crystal Gayle - country singer Mark Honeywell – founder of Honeywell Corporation and Honeywell Center Howard A. Howe - polio researcher O. P. Hubbard - member of the Alaska Senate (1915-1919). Bobby Jones – National Football League guard Joaquin Miller- poet and frontiersman George Mullin - Major League Baseball player, nicknamed "Wabash George" Keith O'Conner Murphy - Rockabilly Hall of Fame singer and songwriter Margie Stewart - U.S. Army poster girl during World War II See also The Ford Meter Box Company, prominent manufacturer headquartered in Wabash References External links City of Wabash, Indiana website Cities in Indiana Micropolitan areas of Indiana Cities in Wabash County, Indiana County seats in Indiana 1834 establishments in Indiana