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Ripley County is divided into 11 Civil Townships as follows: Adams, Brown,
Center, Delaware, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Laughery, Otter Creek, Shelby
and Washington
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Ripley County was organized April 10, 1818.
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Versailles is the County Seat. The first courts in Ripley County were held
at Marion, as a County Seat was not selected until April 27, 1818 when John
Paul, of Jefferson County, donated the place for the present site of Versailles.
The first lots were sold on September 21, 1818, and temporary provisions
were made for holding courts in the spring of 1819; A Courthouse was not
built until 1821. The first settlers were J. Bentley, C. Goodrich, J.
Lindsay, C. Overturf, J. Hunter, W. Skeene, Dr. Fox, M. S. Craig and others.
By 1849 Versailles contained 27 brick and 38 frame houses with a population
of 350.
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Versailles is one of only 4 county seats that were never serviced by a railroad!
Thanks to Nathan Bilger at
http://indiana.railfan.net
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1825.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Ripley County start with the
prefix 69 because it is the sixty-ninth county in alphabetical listing.
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