The area we now call Noble was unorganized territory inhabited primarily by  native Americans, Pottawatomies and Miamis, with a few Ottawas, Hurons, Delawares and Shawnees (or Suwanees).  As new territories opened for settlement, early pioneers came up the river to Fort Wayne, then north along Indian trails, or overland by wagon trains from Pennsylvania to Ohio and then to what was to eventually become Noble County.  Some came from New York by way of the Great Lakes and then overland by horse, oxen and wagon trains.  The area was generally settled by people of English and German extraction.  The first recorded white settlers were Joel Bristol and family on April 4, 1827.
        Two acts by the Indiana General Assembly were involved in the creation of Noble County.  The first was the county's formation in 1835, followed 9 months later by its official organization effective March 1, 1836.  Before it came into existence, its 432 square miles had been part of Knox County from 1790 to 1818; Randolph County 1819 to 1824; Allen County 1824 to 1829; from 1829 to 1831 the south 2/3 was in Allen, the north 1/3 in Elkhart; from 1831 to 1832 the east half was in Allen and the west half in Elkhart; from 1832 to 1836 the northern 2/3 was in LaGrange and the southern one-third in Allen County.
         Noble County is bordered by the counties of LaGrange, Kosciusko, DeKalb, Allen and Whitley.  It is comprised of Albion, Allen, Elkhart, Green, Jefferson, Noble, Orange, Perry, Sparta, Swan, Washington, Wayne and York Townships.  Its county seat is located at Albion.  There are two cities, Kendallville and Ligonier; and towns are Albion, Avilla, LaOtto, Cromwell, Kimmell, Rome City, Wawaka, Wolf Lake, and the southern end of Wolcottville, with "whistle stops" or villages at Brimfield, Burr Oak, Cosperville, Ege, Green Center, Indian Village (formerly Alcinda), Lisbon, Merriam, Swan and Wilmot.