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Wapella can refer to: * Wapella, Illinois, a village in the United States * Wapella, Saskatchewan Wapella () is a town of 354 located northwest of Moosomin on the Trans-Canada Highway. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wapella had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a ...
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Wapella, Illinois
Wapella is a village in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 513 at the 2020 census. History Wapella was founded in 1854, but settlers were arriving in Wapella as early as 1829 due to the dense timber and rich soil. The name of the village comes from Chief Wapella of the Musquakee Indian tribe. A group of settlers from Kentucky were the first Europeans to call Wapella home.  A short time later a substantial group of Irish immigrants moved to Wapella to build and work on the Illinois Central Railroad. Wapella was laid out by David Neil, vice president and a surveyor of the Illinois Central Railroad Line. The village population was approximately 500 residents by the beginning of the Civil War. Geography Wapella is located at (40.221285, -88.962715). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wapella has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 513 people, 210 households, and 127 families residing in the village. The p ...
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