Harlan is an unincorporated town in Springfield Township

Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana

Springfield Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,697. The principal town in Springfield Township is the village of Harlan.-Geography:...

, Allen County

Allen County, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 331,849 people, 128,745 households, and 86,259 families residing in the county. The population density was 505 people per square mile . There were 138,905 housing units at an average density of 211 per square mile...

, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 Census, Harlan has a population of 1,634. Present-day Harlan is the mergance of the towns of Harlan and Maysville. The border between the two towns was Georgetown Road (Indiana State Road 37) with Harlan being on the north side of the road.

Maysville faded from existence when the post office was built in Harlan sometime around the turn of the 20th century.

Geography

Harlan is located at 41°11′46"N 84°55′11"W. It is located on State Road 37

Indiana State Road 37

State Road 37 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a major route in Indiana, running as a 4-lane divided highway for 110 miles of its course....

, approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

 and 7 miles (11 km) west of the Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

state line.