Editing Avilla, Indiana (section)

==History==
A post office has been in operation at Avilla since 1846.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Noble | title=Noble County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref> According to [[Ronald L. Baker]], the town may be named after [[Ávila, Spain]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/57 57]|quote=Possibly the name was borrowed from Avila, the Spanish city.}}</ref> but other sources indicated the name was given to represent the French word "villa," meaning a small town.<ref>{{cite web |title=Avilla History |url=http://avilla-in.org/town-history/ |website=Avilla, Indiana}}</ref>

Among the oldest buildings is the St. James Hotel, which is now the St. James Restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. James Restaurant |url=http://stjamesavilla.com/about-us |website=stjamesavilla.com}}</ref>