Editing Kentland, Indiana (section)

==History==
The town was founded in 1860 as "Kent", though this name was soon lengthened to Kentland. The name honors Alexander J. Kent,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/newtoncountycoll00adej_0 | title=Newton County: A Collection of Historical Facts and Personal Recollections Concerning Newton County, Indiana, from 1853 to 1911 | publisher=Bobbs-Merrill | author=Ade, John | year=1911 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/newtoncountycoll00adej_0/page/192 192]}}</ref> who acquired the then marshy plat and prepared it for development. The town is the [[county seat]] of Newton County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

Kentland is the birthplace of famous turn-of-the-century humorist [[George Ade]], author of such plays as ''[[The College Widow (play)|The College Widow]]'', ''Artie'', and ''The Sultan of Sulu''. [[Purdue University]]'s [[Ross–Ade Stadium]], home of the [[Purdue Boilermakers|Boilermakers]] football team, is named for him and fellow Purdue benefactor David Ross. Disgraced Indiana governor [[Warren McCray]], convicted of [[mail fraud]] and forced to resign in 1924, also hailed from Kentland<!-- commenting out this section pending a source. Does not seem to be supported by the [[Hereford (cattle)]] or [[Warren T. McCray]] articles..., where he was instrumental in developing the American Hereford stock at his farm just outside of town limits-->.

The [[Newton County Courthouse (Indiana)|Newton County Courthouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>