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RIPLEY COUNTY,
Indiana
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*First
created in 1816.
*County seat: Versailles.
Located in southeastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Allen Crossing, Ballstown,
Batesville, Behlmer Corner,
Benham, Correct, Cross Plains, Cross Roads
(Spanglerville), Dabney, Delaware, Dewberry, Elrod, Friendship, Haney Corner, Holton, Jolleyville, Laughery Switch, Laugheryville, Lookout, Milan, Morris, Napoleon, Negangards Corner,
New Marion, Old Milan, Olean, Osgood, Otter Village, Penntown, Pierceville, Prattsburg, Rexville, Saint Magdalen (San
Jacinto), Spades, Spades
Depot, Spades Station, Stumpke
Corner, Sunman and Versailles.
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Surrounding
Counties:
NW = Decatur
County, IN N = Franklin
County, IN
W = Jennings
County, IN RIPLEY COUNTY E = Dearborn
County, IN
S = Jefferson
County, IN SE = Switzerland
County, IN
· Interactive map of Ripley County, Indiana.
· SIRDP Ripley County Site - About Ripley County - Brief History and Information.
· Ripley County Economic Development
· 1883 Historic Atlas: An Atlas Ripley County, Indiana, D. J. Lake and Co., 1883
· Today in Batesville & Oldenburg - Online News
· countyhistory.com: for Ripley County, by Ronald Branson!
· Ripley County, Indiana Tourism
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
o Indiana Biography Index (published before 1990)
o Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)
o Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
o Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
o Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
Vital Information Exchange (VINE)· 1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
· Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
· The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
· World War II Veterans Online Information Center
· Civil War: NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042
Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
o Ripley County, IN Veterans on File Discharges & DD214s, compiled by Harold Hopkins, Ripley County Veterans Officer.
o St. Magdalene Catholic Church Cemetery Records - New Marion, Shelby Twp., Ripley County, Indiana.
o Index to "The Peoples' History" by Violet Toph, compiled by Pati Smith.
· Ripley County, Indiana Genealogical Data, by Lori Hoffman, at <loriltd@home.com>
o Ripley County Births, Marriages, Cemeteries, Deaths, Wills, Land Records and More!!!
o Biography of Violet Toph, Ripley County Historian.
o 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
· INGenWeb for Ripley County Genealogy, by Angela DiBlasi.
· Ripley County Chamber of Commerce
102 North Main Street - P.O. Box 576 - Versailles IN 47042.
· Indiana State Library Genealogy Division: Cemetery Database - enter the county name to search for cemeteries resources in the county.
· Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
· Ripley County Covered Bridges
· The Political Graveyard, for Ripley County, Indiana, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
· Versailles State Park
· Batesville Memorial Public Library
o Indiana History and Genealogy Collection.
· Tyson Library Inc.
325 West Tyson Street - Versailles, IN 47042, Phone: (812) 689-5894.
· Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
· Ripley County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from 1882)
P.O. Box 423, Courthouse - Versailles, IN 47042-0423, Phone: (812)
689-5751.
There is a fee.
· Ripley Circuit Court Clerk- (For Marriage & Divorce Records)
Courthouse: Main & Tyson Streets - P. O. Box 177 - Versailles, IN 47042
Phone: (812) 689-6115 Fax: (812) 689-6000.
· Ripley County Recorder - Information
115 N Main Street # 103 - Versailles, IN 47042, Phone: (812) 689-5808.
Adams Township communities include: Morris, Penntown, Spades and Sunman. Spades Station appears as a place name in the 1870 Census, and Spades Depot appears on a ca. 1880 Map; both appear to have at/near the community later called simply "Spades."
- Ripley County Tourism - About Sunman
- Adams Township and Sunman, Indiana – brief history, map, and more.
- Sunman Chamber of Commerce
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Brown Township communities include: Benham, Cross Plains, Dewberry,
Friendship and Olean.
· Ripley County Tourism - About Friendship - About Cross Plains
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Center Township communities include: Laughery Switch, Osgood
and Otter Village.
· USGS: Laughery Switch location
· Ripley County Tourism - About Osgood
· Osgood Public Library 136 W. Ripley Street - Osgood, IN 47037, Phone: (812) 689-4011.
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Delaware Township communities include: Delaware and Lookout.
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Franklin Township communities include: Behlmer Corner, Milan,
Negangards Corner, Old Milan, Pierceville, Prattsburg and Stumpke Corner.
Milan is located at the Franklin and Washington Townships line.
· Ripley County Tourism - About Milan
· USGS: Tiger Map of Prattsburg (lat = 39.0942, lon = -85.1117)
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Jackson Township communities include: Napoleon.
· Ripley County Tourism - About Napoleon
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Johnson Township communities include: Correct and Versailles
(the county seat).
· Ripley County Tourism - About Versailles -
· Tyson Library Inc. 325 West Tyson Street - Versailles, IN 47042, Phone: (812) 689-5894.
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Laughery Township communities include: Ballstown,
Batesville, Cross Roads (Spanglerville) and Laugheryville.
· Batesville - Business Directory and Local News.
· Today in Batesville & Oldenburg - Online News.
· Ripley County Tourism - About Batesville
· Route-One.com for Southeastern Indiana online information.
· Batesville Civic Information - includes a photo tour.
- Batesville History by Jo McKee.
·
Batesville Memorial Public Library
Indiana History and Genealogy
Collection.
· USGS: Map of Cross Roads (Spanglerville) location (lat/long = 391646N, 0851430W).
· USGS: Map of Laugheryville location (lat/long = 391341N, 0851749W)
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Otter Creek Township communities include: Allen
Crossing, Dabney and Holton.
· Ripley County Tourism - About Holton
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Shelby Township communities include: Haney Corner, New Marion and
Rexville. Saint Magdalen (also known as San Jacinto) was located west of
Rexville inside the area of Jefferson Proving Ground.
· USGS: Map of Jolleyville location (lat, long = 385939N, 0852134W).
· USGS: Map of Saint Magdalen location (lat, long = 385728N, 0852329W).
· St. Magdalene Catholic Church Cemetery Records - New Marion, Shelby Twp., Ripley County, Indiana.
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
Washington Township communities include: Elrod and
Stringtown. Milan is located at the Franklin and Washington Townships
line.
· USGS: Map of Stringtown location
· Ripley County, Indiana Interactive Map
· Ripley County Historical Society
125 Washington Street - P. O. Box 525 - Versailles, Indiana 47042; Phone: ( 812) 689-3031.
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of the Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
· Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition, Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
· School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library Publishing Company. 1982.
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