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Various general stores operated in the community, with the Snodgrass family running a grocery and filling station in the 1940s, and the Shroyer family later opening the Richwood House Restaurant in a historic barn. [3] The first store at Cross Roads opened in 1832. [4] The community was named for the fact two roads meet at the town site. [5]
Versailles / v ər ˈ s eɪ l z / is a town in Johnson Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 2,113 at the 2010 census . The town is the county seat of Ripley County.
The county seat of Ripley County is Versailles, Indiana. It was selected as the county seat in 1818, and was laid out in 1819. According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of 448.06 square miles (1,160.5 km 2), of which 446.43 square miles (1,156.2 km 2) (or 99.64%) is land and 1.64 square miles (4.2 km 2) (or 0.37%) is water.
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Main menu. move to sidebar hide. ... in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1 ... The community was so named for the fact it originally contained a store at a crossroads. [2]
In 1930 the Indiana State Highway Commission authorized a state road from SR 56 near Vevay to Versailles. [7] [8] This state road was designated as SR 129 in 1931. [8] [9] Paving of the original section was completed between 1965 and 1967. [10] [11] [12] Around 1977 the SR 129 designation was extended north from Versailles to SR 48.
The two routes head east leaving Versailles and entering the Versailles State Park. East of the state park the concurrency with SR 129 ends when SR 129 heads due north and US 50 heads southeast. [2] [3] [4] US 50 entering Indiana from Ohio. The route heads south east toward Dillsboro, passing through an intersection with State Road 101. At the ...
Fernando G. Taylor House, also known as the Taylor-Kaiser-Smith House, is a historic home located at Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, rectangular, five bay, vernacular frame dwelling with Gothic Revival style influences. It measures 44 feet wide and 36 feet deep.