Noble County, Indiana

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Noah Noble, Indiana governor
Seat: Sparta (1836–1843); Augusta (1843–1844); Port Mitchell (1844–1847); Albion (1847–)

Land area: 411 square miles

Population (2020): 47,457

Population (historic): 2,702 (1840); 14,915 (1860); 22,956 (1880); 23,533 (1900); 22,404 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; one CDP; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,277 (25.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,477
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,297

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,450
Average farm size (1920): 81.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York

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Albion

Namesake: Albion, New York

Founding: 1846 (platting); 1847 (post office); 1874 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,222

Population (historic): 476 (1870); 1,229 (1890); 1,213 (1910); 1,108 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 318 (32%)

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