Poe is an

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in Marion Township, Allen County, in the

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. It has about two

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of area. Namita Kamath of ''

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'' wrote that "Poe is frequently associated with Hoagland". - METRO section
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History

Poe was first named Williamsport, in honor of landowner William Essig, but it was changed because the U.S. postal authorities refused to accept that name, there being another post office in the state with a similar name.

Geography

Poe is located at . Poe has a downtown. In 1995 Kamath quoted an area resident who stated that Poe's downtown had much less activity than it had previously.

Infrastructure

The fire department building moved onto land donated by an area individual in the 1960s. A post office was established at Poe in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued by 1917. The

Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

post office serves Poe as of 1997. In 1956 the Poe Southwestern Telephone Association was issuing One share of Capital Stock for $25 per share.

Education

The

East Allen County Schools The East Allen County School (EACS) corporation is an Allen County area public school district, one of the largest in area in Indiana, encompassing southeast Fort Wayne, all of Leo-Cedarville, Monroeville, New Haven, and Woodburn. It opera ...

district includes Poe, and Heritage Elementary School and

Heritage Junior/Senior High School Heritage Jr.-Sr. High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Allen County, Indiana, with a Monroeville address. One of five secondary schools in the East Allen County Schools system, Heritage serves students in grades 7-12 in the communit ...

are the facilities Poe is zoned to.

Religion

Poe and Hoagland share a Methodist congregation, Hope United Methodist Church, located outside of the Hoagland CDP. There were previously two separate congregations, Poe (Williamsport) United Methodist Church and Hoagland United Methodist Church (originally Middletown Methodist Church), which merged into Hope in 1995. The former Poe church was to be converted for residential use.

Recreation

Poe Days is an annual celebration to help fund the fire department.

References

Unincorporated communities in Allen County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area {{AllenCountyIN-geo-stub