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The district developed during 1835 to 1937. It was first called Perry's Prairie, a natural clearing settled by white inhabitants in 1833. Ligonier was platted in 1835. The town was overshadowed by Rochester, another settlement on the Elkhart River, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the southeast in 1836. Ligonier was located on a state road and north of ...
The Elkhart River is a 48.3-mile-long (77.7 km) [1] tributary of the St. Joseph River in northern Indiana in the United States. [2] It is almost entirely contained in Elkhart County . It begins as the South Branch Elkhart River from Port Mitchell Lake and the North Branch Elkhart River from Waldron Lake and merge to form the Elkhart River west ...
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad relocated its headquarters to Aurora in 1855. Expecting a rise in population due to the railroad's employment opportunities, Aurora platted a new residential section of land west of the Fox River. Aurora indeed expanded rapidly during that period, almost doubling in population from 1860 to 1874.
Elkhart River; Little Elkhart River; Pigeon River; Fawn River; Galena River, becomes the Galien River in Michigan; Trail Creek; East Arm Little Calumet River. Salt Creek; Grand Calumet River (through Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and the Calumet River in Illinois) Little Calumet River (through Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and the Calumet River ...
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The Elkhart River flows from the NW part of the county into Elkhart County. According to the 2010 United States Census , Noble County has a total area of 417.43 square miles (1,081.1 km 2 ), of which 410.84 square miles (1,064.1 km 2 ) (or 98.42%) is land and 6.59 square miles (17.1 km 2 ) (or 1.58%) is water.
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The county was created in 1830 in Indiana out of the Indiana Territory following the creation of the State of Ohio. Colonel John Jackson was sent into the area to eradicate the Potawatomi Indians living in a village on the Elkhart River near present-day Baintertown. U.S. Government forces destroyed the abandoned village twice in the decade.