Allen County, Indiana
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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
Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne
Allen County Courthouse in downtown Fort Wayne (2012)
Allen County Public Library, Main Library in downtown Fort Wayne (2016)
John Allen (soldier)
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John Allen was an American politician and army officer who was killed in the War of 1812.
Allen County, Indiana
…European Americans on December 17, 1823, from Delaware and Randolph counties, and formed on April 1, 1824, at the Ewing Tavern. The county is named for Colonel John Allen, an attorney and Kentucky state senator who was killed in the War of 1812. Fort Wayne, founded at the confluences of the Maumee, St. Joseph, and St…
John Allen Portrait
Allen's name on the Kentucky War Memorial in Frankfort, KY along with other officers who died at the Battle of Frenchtown or in the subsequent massacre of wounded prisoners