Ripley County, Indiana

Founding: 1818 (declared in 1816)
Parent counties: Dearborn and Jefferson

Namesake: Eleazer Ripley, Louisiana politician
Seat: Versailles (1818–)

Land area: 446 square miles

Population (2020): 28,995

Population (historic): 1,822 (1820); 14,820 (1850); 20,977 (1870); 19,881 (1900); 18,078 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Six towns; 11 townships

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,757 (22.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,014
Average outbuilding value (1930): $805

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,836
Average farm size (1920): 70.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, and Kentucky

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Versailles

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Versailles, Kentucky

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1845 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,184

Population (historic): 412 (1850); 495 (1870); 501 (1900); 523 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1890s; 1920–1960; 1970–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 105 (10%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *George Hauss House (c. 1865). 5963 State Route 46. Adams. Italianate.
2. *John Rand House (1878). 5835 South 575 East. Brown. Italianate.
3. *Thomas Rand Farm (c. 1835). 5035 Cave Hill Road. Brown. Federal.
4. *Robert Roberts Farm (c. 1855). 1689 Mud Pike. Delaware. Greek Revival.
5. *Joseph Gander Farm (c. 1865). 4976 East 800 North. Franklin. Italianate.
6. *Moritz Lommatsch House (c. 1840). 4789 Cave Hill Road. Johnson. Federal/Greek Revival.
7. *St. Paul Evangelical Church (1905). 664 State Route 229. Laughery. Gothic Revival.
8. *Joseph Reynolds House (c. 1825). 3469 West 100 South. Otter Creek.
9. *Leander Smith House (c. 1835). 2021 North 450 East. Washington.