The Northwest Territory was formed in 1781. The Greenville Treaty was signed in 1795. Its western border was a line beginning at the mouth of the Kentucky River running northeast to Ft. Recovery, Ohio. This line is the eastern boundary of Ripley County. A triangular parcel of land with its southern border on the Ohio River, the Greenville Treaty line on the west and the present Indiana-Ohio line on the east, formed what was known as the “Gore” on the Read more…