Ripley County, Indiana
Historical Society & Museum
The Start
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…
Historic Building

Ripley County Historical Society Library
Located in the old Versailles Bank Building.

Ripley County Historical Society Museum
located at the corner of Main and Water Streets in Versailles.
Smith-Engel log cabin built about 1830 located behind the museum.
Built & owned by Jacob & Nancy Funkhouser
Our Legacy site
Notices
The next quarterly meeting will be at the Ripley County Historical Society Archives in Versailles, IN
on Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
Join us for an ice cream social following the meeting. Cookies will be proveded by Center Twp.

