Editing New Baden, Illinois (section)

==History==
[[File:Illinois - New Baden through Newton - NARA - 23939893 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|New Baden in 1938]]
New Baden is named after the historical territory of [[Baden]], Germany.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2MwfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mNgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1176%2C754300 | title=Place Names Have Colorful History | work=The Southeast Missourian | date=January 11, 1963 | access-date=April 27, 2015 | author=Allen, John W. | pages=6}}</ref> It was founded in 1855, remaining a small village until struck by a devastating tornado in 1896. Neighboring communities contributed to the rebuilding, creating a larger, more modern town which began to thrive, its success coinciding with the end of the [[long depression]].<ref>[https://newbadenil.com/history/ History of New Baden]<br />The New Baden of 1896 and 1913 is vastly different. Today the city has some of the finest buildings in the county. Many of them, and the principal business houses, are substantially built of brick.</ref>