Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Allen County, Indiana.

Official Website

Allen County was organized on December 17, 1823, 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.

Since 1852, Allen County has been home to an Old Order Amish community that speaks an Alsatian dialect, which is quite rare among Amish. There are about 3,190 Amish living around Grabill and New Haven as of 2017.

For a complete list of Townships & Communities, please see Wikipedia.

Adjacent Counties

• Noble County
• DeKalb County
• Defiance County, Ohio
• Paulding County, Ohio
• Van Wert County, Ohio
• Adams County
• Wells County
• Huntington County
• Whitley County

Cities & Towns

• Fort Wayne (County Seat)
• Grabill
• Huntertown
• Leo-Cedarville
• Monroeville
• New Haven
• Woodburn
• Zanesville (part)

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana

Genealogy Trails