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Allen County

county in Ohio, United States
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Summary

Allen County is a county of Ohio[1]. It draws 450 Wikipedia views per month (county of ohio category, ranking #35 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ohio[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Lima[5]
  • Shares border with: Putnam County[6], Hancock County[7], Hardin County[8], Auglaize County[9], Van Wert County[10]
  • Named after: Ethan Allen[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lima[12]
  • Commons category: Allen County, Ohio[13]
  • Licence plate code: 02[14]
  • Inception: March 1, 1831[15]
  • Coordinate location: 40.766666666667, -84.116666666667[16]
  • Authority: government of Allen County[17]
  • Official website: http://www.co.allen.oh.us[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Allen County, Ohio[19]
  • Population: 106,331[20], 106,372[21], 105,957[22], 105,329[23], 105,298[24], 104,425[25], 102,206[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Allen County, Ohio[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Allen County, Ohio[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Allen County, Ohio[29]
  • Number of households: 41,025[30]
  • Native label: Allen County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109732[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Allen County, Ohio[33]
  • Different from: Allegan County[34], Allen County[35]
  • Area: 1054[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.1[37]
  • Coextensive with: Lima, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area[38]

Why It Matters

Allen County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Ethan Allen Ohio United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00205227
    Umls cui → C3812645
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Allen County, Ohio.
    Taxonomicon id → 1807018
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Allen County, Ohio.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 40.766666666667, 'longitude': -84.116666666667}
    Different from → Allegan County, Allen County
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Allen County, Ohio
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Allen County, Ohio
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109732, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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