Allen County, IN

ALLEN COUNTY, in the northeast part of Indiana, along the state of Ohio, watered by St. Joseph and St. Mary's rivers, which unite and form the Maumee, and the Wabash and Erie canal. Area, about 650 square miles. Courts are held at Fort Wayne. Pop. in 1830, 996; in 1840, 3,654; in 1850, 16,920. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Allen County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ALLEN COUNTY, in the northeast part of Indiana, along the state of Ohio, watered by St. Joseph and St. Mary's rivers, which unite and form the Maumee, and the Wabash and Erie canal. Area, about 650 square miles. Courts are held at Fort Wayne. Pop. in 1830, 996; in 1840, 3,654; in 1850, 16,920.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 22.
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Fort Wayne, IN City or Town
The Underground Railroad and the Antislavery Movement in Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana
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