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Allen County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- April 1, 1824
- Named after
- John Allen
- Seat
- Fort Wayne
- Largest city
- Fort Wayne
- Total
- 660.02 sq mi (1,709.4 km )
- Land
- 657.31 sq mi (1,702.4 km )
- Water
- 2.71 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.41%
- Estimate 2025
- 402,329
- Density
- 607/sq mi (234/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .allencounty .in .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Fort Wayne
- Capital
- Fort Wayne
- Population
- 385410
- Area
- 1710
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Whitley County
- Official website
- www.co.allen.in.us
- Image
- Cortes del Condado de Allen, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 2012-11-12, DD 03.jpg
- Households
- 147043
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- different from
- Allegan County
- native label
- Allen County
- water as percent of area
- 0.41
- inception
- 1824-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Allen County, Indiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Allen County, Indiana
- Commons category
- Allen County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Allen County, Indiana
- per capita income
- 29951
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 385,410, making it the third-most populous county in Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana.
Allen County is included in the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Fort Wayne–Huntington–Auburn Combined Statistical Area. Allen County is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. The county is within a 200-mile (320 km) radius of major population centers, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Milwaukee, and within a one-day drive of one-third of the U.S. population and one-fifth of Canadians.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allen County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.