Allen County Public Library (ACPL) has been part of the social and cultural fabric of Fort Wayne, Indiana and surrounding communities in Allen County since 1895. Then known as the Fort Wayne Public Library, it served residents with 3,606 volumes out of a room in City Hall. Since its founding, ACPL has grown to consist of the 367,000 square feet (34,100 m2) Main Library in downtown Fort Wayne and 13 other branches in the city and outlying communities.
The Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area was acknowledged by Places Rated Almanac in 1998 as holding the highest "reading quotient" of any city in the nation.
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