Editing Noble County, Indiana (section)

==History==
Noble County's government was organized beginning in 1836. The county was named for a family that was influential in Indiana politics at the time, including the Indiana governor at the time (1831–1837) [[Noah Noble]] and his brother, [[James Noble (senator)|James]], who served as the state's first senator after it gained statehood.<ref>{{cite book|author=De Witt Clinton Goodrich & Charles Richard Tuttle|publisher=R. S. Peale & co.|year=1875|location=Indiana|title=An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog/page/n580 568]}}</ref>

Noble County's first homesteaders came from [[New England]], known as "[[Yankee]]s"; people descended from the [[English American|English]] Puritans who settled New England in the 1600s. They were part of a wave of [[New England]]ers who migrated west to what was then the [[Northwest Territory]] during the early 1800s. This migration was sparked as a result of the completion of the [[Erie Canal]] and conclusion of the [[Black Hawk War]]. They founded the towns of Kendallville and Albion.<ref>Alvord's History of Noble County, Indiana ...: To Which Is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of Local Biography - Memoirs of Representative Men and Women of the County, Whose Works of Merit Have Made Their Names Imperishable .. - Primary Source Edition</ref>