Allen County, Indiana

Founding: 1824
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Allen, U.S. army officer
Seat: Fort Wayne (1824–)

Land area: 657 square miles

Population (2020): 385,410

Population (historic): 996 (1830); 29,328 (1860); 54,763 (1880); 77,270 (1900); 146,743 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; five towns; two CDPs; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 21,304 (13.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,097
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,806

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,221
Average farm size (1920): 76.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, New York, Ireland, and France

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Fort Wayne

Namesake: Fort Wayne

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1829 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 263,886

Population (historic): 4,282 (1850); 17,718 (1870); 45,115 (1900); 114,946 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,801 (15.3%)

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