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Fort Wayne, Indiana courthouse

Fort Wayne is a city in northeastern Indiana, USA and the county seat of Allen County. As of 2005, an estimated 248,341 lived in the city proper. The Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 565,606, as of the 2005 update of the 2000 census. Nearly equidistant from Chicago, Cincinnati, and Detroit, it has historically served as a transportation and communications center for the region, and an incubator for many products and companies. Fort Wayne is Indiana's second largest city after Indianapolis, the state's capital. Fort Wayne is named after Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne.