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Fort Wayne

Also known as Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, IN

city in and county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States

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Fort Wayne is a city in Indiana that serves as the county seat of Allen County. It is an important administrative and regional center in the state.

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Official name: Fort Wayne
Population: 263886
Area: 287.053859
Elevation: 247
Official website: www.cityoffortwayne.org
Image: Downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana Skyline from Old Fort, May 2014.jpg
Households: 108207
Dialing code: 260

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Commons category: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Commons gallery: Fort Wayne
inception: 1794-01-01
native label: Fort Wayne
water as percent of area: 0.1928
postal code: 46899
per capita income: 27593
nickname: City Of Churches
social media followers: 23966
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Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 census, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis, and the 83rd-most populous city in the U.S. The Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen, Wells and Whitley counties, has an estimated population of 463,000. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana.

Fort Wayne was built in 1794 by the United States Army under the direction of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne, the last in a series of forts built near the Miami village of Kekionga. Named in Wayne's honor, the European-American settlement developed at the confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee rivers, known originally as Fort Miami, a trading post constructed by Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes around 1706. The modern city was platted in 1823 following its revitalization after the War of 1812 and its siege. It underwent tremendous growth after completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal and advent of the railroad.