Editing Noble County, Ohio (section)

==History==
Noble County was formed on March 11, 1851, from portions of Guernsey, Morgan, Monroe and Washington counties.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Noble_County,_Ohio#cite_note-HBG-0 Noble County, Ohio | Learn | FamilySearch.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  It was the last and youngest county to be formed in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noble County |url=http://www.voinovichcenter.ohio.edu/sbdc/countyguide.asp?countyId=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025944/http://www.voinovichcenter.ohio.edu/sbdc/countyguide.asp?countyId=6 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=April 28, 2007 |publisher=[[Ohio University]] Small Business Development Center}}</ref><ref>[http://www.noblecountyohio.com/ballcaldwellhouse.html 1832 Ball-Caldwell House in Noble County, Ohio<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730114608/http://www.noblecountyohio.com/ballcaldwellhouse.html |date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> It was named for either James Noble or [[Warren P. Noble]], each of whom was an early settler in this region.<ref>[http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Noble+County,+Ohio Noble County, Ohio definition of Noble County, Ohio in the Free Online Encyclopedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Noble County was home to the first [[North America]]n [[oil well]], the [[Thorla-McKee Well]], which struck oil in 1814.<ref>[http://www.noblecountyohio.com/thorlamckeewell.html Thorla-McKee Well, First Oil Well in North America, Noble County, Ohio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806192025/http://www.noblecountyohio.com/thorlamckeewell.html |date=August 6, 2007}}, Noble County, 2004. Accessed August 5, 2005.</ref> For a time this was a center of oil production in the state.

In 1925, a [[United States Navy]] [[dirigible]], [[USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)|USS ''Shenandoah'' (ZR-1)]], was caught in a storm over Noble County. It broke into several pieces, resulting in the deaths of 14 persons on board; 29 survived.