Welcome to Fort Wayne

Welcome to Fort Wayne and Allen County!   Welcome to Fort Wayne, Indiana's second largest city. Welcome from all our 250,000 plus citizens.   Welcome to Fort Wayne, named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who built a fort at the confluence of three rivers in 1794. You can visit a full-scale replica of the original fort (on the river near Headwaters Park) that commemorates our city's pioneer heritage and spirit!   Welcome to where Johnny Appleseed is actually buried and honored with a fall, pioneer festival.   Welcome to the America's #1 minor sports league city, according to a 2007 issue of Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal.   Welcome to the city whose inventions include the washing machine, baking powder, calculator, juke box, television, breathalyzer, and refrigerator. Welcome to the city where stereo sound, the garbage disposal, magnetic wire, streetlights and the gasoline pump were first created and manufactured.   Welcome to the site of the first successful night baseball game played under the lights. Welcome to the birthplace of the NBA Detroit Pistons.   Welcome to the home of the Fort Wayne Daisies - the professional women's baseball team featured in the movie, "A League of Their Own."   Welcome to the home of America's largest, public genealogy research library.   Welcome to Tree City USA! This marks our 18th year of proudly holding this designation from the National Arbor Foundation.   Welcome to the city with nicknames and accolades of the City of Churches, City of Restaurants, the Summit City, the City that Saved Itself, and named an All-America City - 3 times!   Welcome to the city that placed near the top as a best golf town in Golf Digest magazine's 2005 Best Golf Towns in America rankings.   Welcome to the city with a library ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the sixth year. The Allen County Public Library was ranked ninth in the nation – for libraries serving a population of 250,000 to 499,999 – by Hennen’s American Public Library Rating Index II.   Welcome to the city with the most affordable housing market in five countries (the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom), according to the 3rd Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Study in 2007.   Welcome to the city with Arts United, the third oldest united nonprofit arts fund in the United States and the second largest arts council in the State of Indiana.   Welcome to the city that was featured in a February issue of Sports Illustrated magazine after Indianapolis Colt's head coach Tony Dungy mentioned us as a great place to play Super Bowl XLI.