Ripley County, Indiana

Founding: December 27, 1816
Parent counties: Dearborn and Jefferson

Namesake: Eleazer Ripley (1782–1839), Louisiana politician and soldier
Seat: Versailles (1818–)

Land area: 446 square miles

Population (2010): 28,818

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1870; 1950s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Six towns; 11 townships

National Register listings: 13

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

Population (2010): 2,113

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

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

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Giles House (c. 1860). 8379 Lammers Pike. Adams Township. Italianate.
2. Noble House (c. 1865). State Route 46, at North 600E. Adams Township. Italianate.
3. Rand Farm (c. 1835). Cave Hill Road, south of Laughery Creek. Brown Township. Federal.
4. *John Rand House (1878). 5835 South 575E. Brown Township. Italianate.
5. Tilking Farm (c. 1835). 2662 Olean Road. Brown Township.
6. Dunbar Farm (c. 1855). 1500 Mud Pike. Delaware Township. Greek Revival.
7. Lommatsch House (c. 1840). Cave Hill Road, west of East 425S. Johnson Township. Federal.
8. House (c. 1825). 3469 East 100S. Otter Creek Township.
9. Smith House (c. 1835). North 450E, north of East 200N. Washington Township.

1. *Milan Masonic Hall (c. 1900). 312 Main Street. Milan. Romanesque.
2. *Central House Inn (c. 1825). Main Street. Napoleon. Federal.
3. *Elias Conwell House (c. 1822). Wilson Street. Napoleon. Federal.
4. *Fernando Taylor House (c. 1860). 102 North Main Street. Versailles. Gothic Revival.
5. *Ripley County Courthouse (1860–1863). 115 North Main Street. Versailles. Greek Revival.
6. *Tyson United Methodist Church (1937). 324 West Tyson Street. Versailles. Art Deco/Classical Revival.