Fort Wayne is located in northeastern Indiana at the junction of St. Mary's, St. Joseph, and Maumee rivers. Its strategic location has made it an important marketplace. Fort Wayne was the first fur-trading post and now the headquarters of major corporations. Fort Wayne is the resting place of John Chapman, known also as Johnny Appleseed. It has been honored three times as an All-American City. It is Indiana's second-largest city and the seat of Allen County. Fort Wayne has daily high and low temperature differences averaging about twenty degrees. Snow covers the ground for about thirty days each winter, but heavy snowstorms are infrequent.

Area: 78.95 square miles (2000)

Elevation: 790 feet above sea level

Average Temperatures: January, 23.3° F; July, 73.3° F; annual average, 49.7° F

Average Annual Precipitation: 34.40 inches

Population: 223,341 (as on July 2005)

Attractions

• Allen County Courthouse
  
  
• Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
  
  
• Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory

Festivals

• Indiana Highland Games in June
  
  
• Germanfest
  
  
• Three Rivers Festival in July
  
  
• Auburn Cord Deusenberg festival on Labor Day weekend
  
  
• Johnny Appleseed Festival in September
  
  
• Festival of Trees during Christmas