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Indiana is divided into 92 counties. The oldest and newest Counties in Indiana are Knox County (created 1790) and Newton County (created 1857).

The largest county is Allen (657 sq. mi.) and the smallest is Ohio (87 sq. mi.). According to the Indiana Constitution, no county may be created of less than 400 square miles, nor may any county smaller than this be further reduced in size.

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Noble County, Indiana

Noble County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Albion
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 411
Court House:

101 North Orange Street
County Courthouse
Albion, IN 46701-1048

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for James Noble who was then the Governor of Indiana and was also Indiana's first U.S. Senator.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Noble County was first included in Randolph County, next in Allen County, then in Lagrange County and finally, on March 1, 1836 was organized as it stands today except for a strip two miles wide that was joined to Whitley County It was named for Governor Noah Noble

Noble County is divided into 13 Civil Townships as follows: Albion, Allen, Elkhart, Green, Jefferson, Noble, Orange, Perry, Sparta, Swan, Washington, Wayne and York.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 418 square miles (1,082 kmē), of which 411 square miles (1,065 kmē) is land and 6 square miles (17 kmē) (1.56%) is water. USGS GNIS: Sand Hill (1076 feet/328 metres), the second-highest point in Indiana, is located in Noble County.

Neighboring Counties:

  • North: Lagrange County
  • Northeast: Steuben County
  • East: DeKalb County
  • Southeast: Allen County
  • Southwest: Whitley County; Kosciusko County
  • Northwest: Elkhart County

Cities and Towns:

- Albion (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Allen township
- Avilla town Incorporated Area
- Cromwell town Incorporated Area
- Indian Village town Incorporated Area
- Jefferson township
- Kendallville city Incorporated Area
- Ligonier city Incorporated Area
- Perry township
- Rome City town Incorporated Area
- Sparta township
- Swan township
- Wayne township

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 
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