Editing North Manchester, Indiana (section)

== History ==
Peter Ogan, acting as the town's founder filed for recording the 'Original Plat of Manchester' on February 13, 1846.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} The community was named after [[Manchester]], in [[England]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gannett |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1905 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n226 227]}}</ref>

The North Manchester post office has been in operation since 1838.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wabash County |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Wabash&searchtext=&pagenum=2 |access-date=July 12, 2016 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref>

In the early 20th century, [[automobile]]s were made here by the [[DeWitt Motor Company]]. On February 1, 1968, [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] gave a speech at [[Manchester College (Indiana)|Manchester College]]. This was the last time he spoke at a college campus, as he was [[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|assassinated eight weeks later]]. [[Robert F. Kennedy]] also visited Manchester College during his 1968 presidential campaign{{snd}}he, too, would be [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated a few weeks later]]. Other international visitors during that same decade include [[Duke Ellington]], [[Buckminster Fuller]], [[Ralph Nader]], and [[Ramsey Lewis]] (whose concert was cut short by a bomb scare).[[File:Main Street in North Manchester.jpg|thumb|left|The commercial district is one of eight sites in North Manchester listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabash County, Indiana|National Register of Historic Places]]]]

[[Thomas R. Marshall]], who served as [[Governor of Indiana]] and as [[Vice President of the United States]] under President [[Woodrow Wilson]], was born in North Manchester.

The [[Lentz House (Hotel Sheller)]], [[Manchester College Historic District]], [[Thomas R. Marshall School]], [[Noftzger-Adams House]], [[North Manchester Covered Bridge]], [[North Manchester Historic District]], [[North Manchester Public Library]], and [[Peabody Memorial Tower]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The [[North Manchester Planing and Band Saw Mill]] was formerly listed.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>