The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Noble Township.
Noble Township was organized in 1836. It was named for Noah Noble, fifth Governor of Indiana.
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History · Noble Township
16% of Noble Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1960 on and old-book passages.
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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Where Noble Township’s name came from
How did Noble Township get its name?
Noble Township was named for Noah Noble, fifth Governor of Indiana.
How historic is Noble Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Noble Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Noble Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Noble Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194016.1% of homes (±6.2) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 38%
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Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Noble Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.2 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Noble Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Noble Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.From the old history books
What they wrote about Noble Township in 1886
Passages that mention Noble Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Cass County, Indiana1886 · page 384Read the page →
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Noble Township. — In 1835-36, the first schoolhouse was built in the township on Eobert McMillen's farm, and a school taught therein soon after its completion, but the teacher's name is not now remembered. The second house was built on the Israel Graham farm, and was afterward known as the Sandridge Schoolhouse. In its day, especially during the fii'st few years after its erection, the schools taught there fi-om time to time were classed among the best in the county, because of the thoroughness of instruction and the great
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History of Cass County, Indiana1886 · page 877Read the page →
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Industries. — The first saw-mill in Noble Township was built in 1833, by Gen. Hyacinth Lasselle, and stood at the mouth of Cottonwood Creek, on the farm now owned by Israel Watts. It was highly prized by the early citizens of Noble and other townships, and for some time was the only lumber-mill in the county outside of Logansport. In 1835 or 1836, Hugh B. McCain built a saw-mill on the Fitch farm, which was in successful operation several years. It disappeared long ago, and no vestige of the old building remains to
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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Noble Township on the map, 1960 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Noble Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1960Lucerne sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Noble Township.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Noble Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old corners and burying grounds
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Verona
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Noble Township
East SandridgeHarperHorney
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Noble Township’s history
How does Noble Township rank for history?
Noble Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Noble Township?
16% of Noble Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.2 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1964.
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.