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Fort Wayne was founded on October 22, 1794, when a United States Army fort was built under General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne after the Battle of Fallen Timbers, on the site of Kekionga, the capital village of the Miami nation.

Fort Wayne was incorporated as a town in 1829 and then as a city on February 22, 1840.

Fort Wayne is the county seat of Allen County and the second-largest city in Indiana.

Fort Wayne sits where the St. Joseph and St. Marys Rivers join to form the Maumee River, a meeting of waters that shaped its history as a trading and transportation hub.

The Wabash and Erie Canal reached Fort Wayne in 1843, connecting it to the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.

Fort Wayne had a population of 263,886 in the 2020 Census, with about 110,929 households and roughly 61.9% of homes owner-occupied.

Johnny Appleseed - John Chapman - is believed to be buried in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park, and the city's Johnny Appleseed Festival draws around 300,000 visitors each year.

Fort Wayne's Three Rivers Festival, named for its three rivers, draws around 400,000 visitors.

Fort Wayne maintains 86 public parks and is home to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, one of the city's top attractions.

Fort Wayne's colleges and universities include Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana's fifth-largest public university, Concordia Theological Seminary, founded in 1846 and the city's oldest college, Indiana Tech, founded in 1930, and the University of Saint Francis, founded in 1890.