NOBLE COUNTY,
Indiana
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Genealogy
*First created in 1836, Noble County was formed from a portion of
LaGrange
County which had itself been organized, in 1832, from Allen County.
*County seat: Albion.
Located in northeastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities (past
&/or
present) include: Albion, Avilla, Bakertown,
Brimfield, Burr
Oak, Cosperville, Cromwell, Ege,
Green Center, Grismore, Hawville,
Indian Village, Kendallville, Kimmell, LaOtto,
Ligonier, Lisbon,
Merriam (Noblesville), Ormas, Potters
Station, Port
Mitchell, Rochester, Rome City, Springfield,
Swan, Washington
Center, Wawaka, Wilmot, and Wolf Lake.
Originally, the area now known as Noble
County
was said to have been almost covered with a very heavy growth of
timber,
consisting princially of oak, beech, maple, ash, tulip, walnut,
hickory,
and many more varieties. There were also small areas of prairie
land,
extensive marsh areas, and, reportedly, about 150 lakes of varying
sizes.
Though marsh lands have been drained, giving way to much appreciated
farmland,
most of the picturesque lakes remain.
Tradition has it that the first building
erected in the county was the grand council house, built as early as
1820, for the
Indian Chief "Flat Belly". It was located on a six mile square
"reservation"
situated in present day Sparta and Washington Townships, of Noble
County,
and Turkey Creek and Tippecanoe Townships of Kosciusko. According
to
Indian accounts, this building, constructed of brick manufactured on
the
reservation, was destroyed by a great storm.
Surrounding Counties:
N = LaGrange
County, IN
NW = Elkhart
County, IN NOBLE COUNTY
E = DeKalb
County, IN
SW = Kosciusko
County, IN S = Whitley
County, IN SE = Allen County,
IN
The poem, "Indiana",
was
written by Arthur Franklin Mapes of Kendallville, in Noble County,
Indiana.
It was adopted by the 1963 General Assembly as the Indiana State
Poem.
(Indiana Code 1-2-5-1)
- U. S. Census Bureau Noble
County
Profile.
- Interactive Present day Map
of Noble County, Indiana.
-
Use the query form, at
USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed
with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not
be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see
the location of the actual feature. This database may not be
complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
- Noble County Convention and
Visitors Bureau
- USGenweb
Archives for Noble County, Indiana
- Noble
County, INDIANA: 1840 Census Index
- Noble
County, INDIANA: 1850 Census Index
- countyhistory.com:
for Noble
County, by Ronald Branson!
- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- Noble
County Genealogical Society
- Address P.O. Box 162 - Albion, IN 46701
- Contact Debbie Broughton rmbdlb@aol.com
- The Noble County Genealogical Society is associated with
the Noble County Public Library's
wonderful
Indiana/Genealogy room, so messages may be left for the society via the
library's
phone number: Phone: (260) 636-7197.
- Noble County
Historical Society and The Old Jail Museum
- Ligonier Historical Society and
Museum
- Information
- Indiana
Historic Radio Museum
- Indiana State
Archives.
6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone:
(317) 591-5222
- Family History Resources
- Naturalization
Databases for the Indiana counties of Blackford, Dubois, Elkhart,
Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Jefferson, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan,
Noble, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Switzerland, Union, Wayne, and Whitley.
- Noble County
Genealogy, by C. J. Whan!
- My Local
for Noble
County, IN - directory and information
- The News-Sun & Evening
Star - online Kendalville news, includes area news for
Noble, Lagrange, Steuben
and Dekalb counties.
- Mid
America
Windmill Museum - Kendalville, IN.
- Black Pine
Animal
Park
0349 W. Albion Road - Albion, Indiana 46701
Phone
& Fax (260) 636-7383.- Gene
Stratton
Porter (1863-1924) was born on August 17, 1863, near
Wabash,
in Wabash County, Indiana. In 1886, she married Charles Porter,
and
lived for a short time in Decatur, then Geneva, near the Limberlost Swamp,
in Adams County, Indiana. In 1913, the family relocated to Sylvan Lake near Rome
City,
in Noble County, Indiana.
- Gene
Stratton-Porter State Historic Site (Sylvan Lake)
Limberlost North - 1205 Pleasant Point, Box 639 - Rome
City,
IN 46784
Phone: (260) 854-3790. - Indiana State Museum and Historic
Sites
- Chain O'
Lakes State Park
2355 E. 75 South - Albion, IN 46701 Phone:
(260)
636-2654. - Noble County
Public Library
813 E. Main Street - Albion, IN 46701 Phone: (260)
636-7197.
Holdings in the Genealogy room include: Cemetery
records,
obituary files, area high school yearbooks, and Albion newspapers from
1918.
Library Hours: Monday thru Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 8:30
p.m.;
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Closed
Sunday.
Government
Listings
Noble
County
Public Library's Online Catalog - Avilla Branch Library
W. Albion Street - P.O. Box 699 - Avilla, IN
46710 Phone: (260) 897-3900.
- Noble County Health Department (For Birth & Death
Certificates from ca. 1882)
2090 N. State Road 9, Suite C - Albion, IN
46701-9600 Phone: (260) 636-2191.
Though the earliest available records may vary by county location, in
general,
birth and death records were not kept prior to ca. 1882 in Indiana.
In Noble County, the Fees are:
Birth Certificates are $5 each, and $2 each for additional
copies
of the same record.
Death certificates are $6 each, and $3 each for additional
copies
of the same record.
A death record genealogy sheet (not certified) is
available for
$1.
No personal checks are accepted. Cash, money order
or
cashier's checks are acceptable.
Certificates, for Indiana Births which
occurred
after October 1907, and Deaths which
occurred
after 1900, may also be obtained from the Indiana
State Department of Health.
Vital Records Department
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-2700 - Noble County Clerk (For
Marriage,
Divorce and Probate records)
101 N. Orange Street #240 - Albion, IN
46701 Phone:
(260) 636-2736 or 636-2644. - Noble County Recorder
101 N. Orange Street - Albion, IN
46701 Phone: (260) 636-2672. - Noble County Court Office
107 Weber Road - Albion, IN 46701
Phone: (260) 636-2021.
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL
GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden Mensch,
Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The
Allen County
Public
Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in
North
America. Search the Library's
online
catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a
location
or topic.
Noble County Communities
ALLEN Township - communities
include: Lisbon, Avilla, and a portion of Kendalville. The
remaining portion of Kendalville is within Wayne
Township. The settlement of St. Marys appears (in
section 27) on a ca. 1876 map of Noble County (see citation #2).
- Kendallville
Area Chamber of Commerce
- Kendallville
Public
Library
126 W. Rush Street - Kendallville, IN 46755
Phone:
(260) 347-2768- Avilla Branch Library - Information
W. Albion Street - P.O. Box 699 - Avilla, IN
46710 Phone: (260) 897-3900.
Hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday from
9:00-5:00; Tuesday and Wednesday: 9:00-6:00; and Saturday: 10:00-1:00.
ALBION Township - encompasses the
town
of Albion. - Noble County Genealogical Society
813 E. Main St., Albion, IN 46701
E-mail: maayres@ligtel.com
The Noble County Genealogical Society is associated with
the Noble County Public Library's
wonderful Indiana/Genealogy room, so messages may be left for the
society via the library's phone number: Phone: (260) 636-7197 -
Noble
County Historical Society and The Old Jail Museum
P.O. Box 152 - Albion, IN 46701 Phone:
(260)
636-2803. - Chain O'
Lakes
State Park
2355 E. 75 South - Albion, IN 46701 Phone:
(260)
636-2654. - Albion Chamber
of Commerce
Indiana
P. O. Box 63 - Albion, IN 46701 Phone: (260)
636-3744
E-mail: albionin@noble.cioe.com
- Noble County Public Library
813 E. Main Street - Albion, IN 46701 Phone: (260)
636-7197.
Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 8:30-8:30; Friday:
8:30-5:30
and Saturday: 8:30-3:30.
Holdings in the Genealogy room include: Cemetary
records,
obituary files, area high school yearbooks, and Albion newspapers from
1918.
ELKHART Township - communities
include: Cosperville and Wawaka. The settlement of Springfield
appears, in section
22, at the location now called Cosperville, on a ca. 1876 map of Noble
County
(see citation #2).
GREEN Township - communities
include: Green Center and the Chain O'Lakes State Park.
JEFFERSON Township - communities include: Bakertown.
NOBLE Township - communities include: Burr Oak, Merriam and
Wolf
Lake. A settlement called Noblesville appears, in section 25, at
the
location now called Merriam, on a ca. 1876 map of Noble County (see citation #2).
ORANGE Township - communities
include: Brimfield, Rome City and a portion of Wolcottville which
is located on the
Lagrange-Noble counties line. - Gene
Stratton-Porter State Historic Site (Sylvan Lake)
Limberlost North - 1205 Pleasant Point, Box 639 - Rome
City,
IN 46784
Phone: (260) 854-3790. - Limberlost Public Library
164 Kelly Street, P.O.B. 447 - Rome City,
IN Phone: (260) 854-2775
PERRY Township - communities
include: Grismore and Ligonier. The settlements of Hawville
(section 3) and Rochester
(section 26) appear on a ca. 1876 map of Noble County (see citation #2).
Perry Township was originally
organized in
the Spring of 1833, when the area was still a part of LaGrange County.
- Noble
County Convention & Visitors site: Ligonier Information
- Ligonier Historical Society and Museum
503 S. Main Street, Corner of Sixth & Main
Streets - Ligonier, Indiana..
Hours: May 1 through October, on Tuesday, Saturday
and
Sunday 1 - 4.
Historical Society Phone: (260) 894-7580. - Indiana
Historic Radio Museum
SR 5, in the Ligonier
Vistor's
Center, Ligonier, IN Phone: (260) 894-9000 or 894-3779.
The Radio Museum is a "must see"!!! - Ligonier Public Library
300 South Main Street - Ligonier, IN 4676 Phone:
(260)
894-4511.
Hours: Monday thru Thursday: 10:00-8:00; Friday and
Saturday:
10:00-3:00.
SPARTA Township - communities
include: Cromwell, Kimmell and Indian Village. - Cromwell
Branch Library
- Information
120 Jefferson Street - Cromwell, IN 46732
Phone
& Fax: (260) 856-2119.
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday:
10:00-5:00;
Wednesday: 12:00-7:00; and Saturday: 9:00-2:00.
SWAN Township - communities include: Ege, LaOtto and
Swan. The settlement of Potters Station (sections 33 &
34, at the Allen County border) appears on a ca. 1876 map of Noble
County (see citation
#2).
WASHINGTON Township -
communities include:
Washington Center and Wilmot. Ormas is situated at the Noble and
Whitley
county line.
WAYNE Township - communities
include: Hoffman and a portion of the city of Kendallville.
The remaining portion
of Kendalville is within ALLEN Township. - City of Kendallville -
information.
- Kendalville Community
- Community information, maps and directory.
- The News-Sun & Evening
Star - online Kendalville news, includes area news
for Noble, Lagrange, Steuben and Dekalb counties.
- Kendallville
Public Library
126 W. Rush Street - Kendallville, IN 46755
Phone:
(260) 347-2768
YORK Township - communities
include: Port Mitchell. -
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL
GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden Mensch,
Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsite, and with the vast resources of the
Allen County
Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in
North
America. Search the Library's
online
catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a
location
or topic.
Printed resources for Noble County include the following:
- 150 years of Noble County, Indiana, 1836-1986. The
Noble
County History Book Committee. (Compiler and Publisher). Noble
County,
Indiana : The Noble County History Book Committee. 1986.
(Call
#Gc977.201 N66HI).
- Illustrated
Historcal Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago : Baskin
Forester & Co.,
1876. Reprinted by the Indiana Historical Society in 1968.
- Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion
: growth, resources, surroundings, facilities and industrial
opportunities, interesting sketches and reminiscences, with a business
and professional guide. Geo. W. Roof. (Compiler and
Editor). Albion, Ind. : New Era Publishing
House, 1908. [Includes index] (Call # Gc 977.201 N66RO)
- 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
... Samuel E. Alvord. (Author). Logansport, Ind. : B.
F.
Bowen, 1902. (Call # Gc 977.201 N66A)
- Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana : historical and
biographical. Weston A. Goodspeed. (Historical Editor).
Charles Blanchard. (Biographical Editor). Chicago : F.A. Battey,
1882. (Call # Gc977.201 W59G)
- Albion Memories: (A History of Albion, Indiana from 1908 to
1976). Linda Nash Shultz. (Author). 1976.
(Call #Gc977202 Al14s)
- Alvord's History of Noble County, Indiana. Samuel
E.
Alvord. (Author). Logansport, Indiana : B. F. Bowen.
1902.
(Call #Gc977.201 N66a).
- Counties of Lagrange and Noble County, Indiana.
Chicago
: F. A. Battey & Co. 1882. (Call #Gc977.201 L13c).
- History of Kendallville. Mrs. Henry G.
Misselhorn.
(Compiler). 1952. (Call #Gc977.202 K33n).
- The History of Kendallville and Noble County, Indiana.
Chicago : Andres and Baskin. 1874. (Call #Gc 977.201 N66K
oversize).
- History of Orange Township. M. F. Owen.
(Author). (Call #Gc977201 N66o).
- An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Noble County, Indiana.
Chicago, Illinois : Andres and Baskin. 1874. (Call
#Gc977.201 N66an oversize).
- Complete Survey and Atlas of Noble County, Indiana:
Containing
Complete Maps of all Townships,
- Cities and Villages. R.A. Coil and Samuel
Cleland.
(Compilers). Chicago : Standard Map Co. ca. 1914.
(Call
#Gc977.201 N66CO).
- Atlas and Directory of Noble County, Indiana.
Elmhurst, Illinois : Friendly map and publishing company. 1939.
(Call #Gc977.201 N66AT)
- List of Residents of Noble County, Indiana, 1919 : list
of
residents of Allen, Green, Jefferson,
Orange, Swan, Wayne, elkhart, Noble, Perry, Sparta, Washington, and
York
townships, Noble county, Indiana. Albion, Ind. : Noble County
Genealogical Society, Reprinted from the book How to do things, Wilmer
Atkinson company, Washington Square, Philadelphia. (Call #Gc
977.201 N66L) - Kendallville
Families and Their Homes. Jean Stiver Cochard.
(Author).
1976. (Call #Gc977.202 K33c).
- Ligonier Centennial (1835-1935). (Call #Gc977.202
L62l).
- Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion,
Indiana. Geo. W. Roof. (Compiler and Editor).
Albion, Indiana : New Era
Publishing House. 1908. (Call #Gc977.201 N66ro).
- Noble County, Indiana Index of Names of Persons and of Firms.
Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department Staff.
(Compilers). Fort
Wayne, Indiana : Fort Wayne Public Library. 1978.
- Noble County, Indiana Marriages, 1859-1899. Ruth
M. Slevin. (Compiler). (n.p.) 1971
- Noble County, Indiana, Filing Dates for Divorce, Annulment,
Separation, Dismissed, 1859-1959. Beverly Shank.
(Compiler and Publisher). (n.d. - assume ca. 1959).
- The Cemeteries of Noble County, Indiana. Beverly
Uhl
Shank and Clara Whan. (Authors). Avilla, Indiana : Shank
&
Whan, 1996. (Gc 977.201 N66SSF)
- Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition,
Second
Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
- School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W.
Foster,
Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library
Publishing Company. 1982.
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