Former Maryland Governor Oden Bowie named the then mile and one-half ( 2. 41 km ) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stables in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey, who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico opened ( October 25, 1870 ).

* Huron Charter Township, Michigan, in Wayne County

* Wayne Township, Ohio

Wayne Township, Illinois

* Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana

* The former Wayne Township, Montgomery County, Ohio ( now the City of Huber Heights )

* Wayne Township, New Jersey

* Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

* Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

* Honesdale EMS / Mobile 504, based in Honesdale and Paupack Township, provides advanced life support and basic life support services to most of Wayne County.

* Pike County Advanced Life Support / Mobile 401, has a sub-station in Hawley, provides Advanced Life Support services to a small western part of the Wayne County, including Hawley and Palmyra Township

Most of the county is served by the Mifflin County School District, with the exception of Wayne Township and the boroughs of Newton-Hamilton and Kistler, which are part of the Mount Union Area School District.

* Dey Mansion Washington's Headquarters, Preakness, Wayne Township

* entered Wayne County during World War II, and the years following, on an expressway, providing access to the Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township and turned onto present-day Interstate 94 in Romulus Township.

Students near the county line, especially those in northern locations such as Milan, Flat Rock, Milan Township, and London Township, are assigned to districts in the neighboring counties of Wayne and Washtenaw.

In 1827 St. Joseph Township was organized as part of Wayne County.

District 3 consists of Adams Township, Fall Creek Township, Jackson Township, Washington Township, Wayne Township, White River Township, Arcadia, Atlanta, Cicero, Sheridan and Westfield.

The team's performance would improve in 1978, when new owner Peter Pocklington acquired Wayne Gretzky as an under-age player ( consequentially, his first year of WHA experience prevented him from being an official 1979 – 80 NHL rookie ), as well as goaltender Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll, from the recently-folded Indianapolis Racers for cash.

Even without Interstate 69, The county is within a day's drive of Chicago, Cincinnati, Chattanooga, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Springfield, St. Louis, even South Bend, and Fort Wayne despite the lack of freeway connection.

The county is located in East Central Indiana, about south of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and about northeast of Indianapolis.

The two major television markets that reach Blackford County are Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.

This includes Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Marion among others.

However, Peyton Manning, formerly of the Indianapolis Colts often audibles to plays that use this formation to take advantage of the fast receivers like Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne to gain handsome yardage in a single play.

His travels took him to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Lima, Ohio ; Fort Wayne, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana ; Vincennes, Indiana ; Vandalia, Illinois ; and Saint Louis, Missouri.

Although Interstate 69 does not run through Hartford City or Blackford County, it is less than away and a convenient way to drive to Fort Wayne or Indianapolis.

Some small airports are located near Hartford City, but airports in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis have the best selection of commercial flights.

It is located south of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and northeast of Indianapolis.

The Norfolk Southern Railway provides freight railroad service connecting Montpelier to Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.

Bourbon Bondurant, an insurance agent with prior pro football experience with the Fort Wayne Friars ; Joe Windbiel, a local high school coach who played professionally with the Detroit Heralds ; architect Earl Warweg, who had played semi-pro football for five years in Indianapolis ; cigar company traffic manager Clarence Specht ; and June Talley, an insurance adjuster also with college football experience, soon joined the team.

After the 1947 – 48 season, Mikan's Lakers and three other NBL clubs left to join the Basketball Association of America ( Rochester, Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis ).

The airport is the largest in Indiana, occupying approximately of land in Wayne and Decatur Townships of Marion County, all within the city of Indianapolis.

In 1948, the Royals moved to the Basketball Association of America along with the Fort Wayne Pistons, Minneapolis Lakers, and Indianapolis ( Kautskys ) Jets.

The district includes most of the northern suburbs of Indianapolis as well as the southern fringe of the Fort Wayne area: Tipton, Grant, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Hamilton, and Hancock counties, and parts of Marion, Shelby, Howard and Johnson counties.

By far the largest watershed in the state, the Wabash River drainage area contains the several large cities, including Indianapolis and the extreme western part of Fort Wayne.

The next most populous city was Fort Wayne with a population of 174, 000 ; so Indianapolis was the only city affected by the legislation.

* Reggie Wayne ( born 1978 ), wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts

Note: Wayne Gretzky had 137 points in his first year in the NHL ( 1979 – 80 ), but was not considered a " rookie ", due to his time spent with the World Hockey Association's Indianapolis Racers and Edmonton Oilers, where he won the rookie of the year award in that league during the 1978 – 79 season with 104 points.

In the pre-Interstate Highway era, Indiana 37 was the most direct route between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.

Although WTVN only uses 5kW of power during the day, the station can be heard as far away as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Detroit, and Cleveland.

Stahr ’ s presidency saw the Gary and Calumet campuses combined to form IU Northwest, the joint IU-Purdue University campus established in Fort Wayne, the founding of the School of Library and Information Science, and the affiliation of the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis with IU.

The Fort Wayne Community Schools ( FWCS ) corporation is the Fort Wayne, Indiana area public school district, and is the second largest in Indiana behind only the Indianapolis Public Schools.