Editing Napoleon, Indiana (section)

==History==
Napoleon was laid out in 1820.<ref>{{cite book|last=Places|first=Indiana|title=A Visit to Osgood and Napoleon, Indiana: A Guide to Osgood and Napoleon in Southern Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGhxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=July 29, 2011|publisher=Mossy Feet Books|isbn=978-1-4657-2522-6|page=7}}</ref> The town was named in honor of [[Napoleon]] (1769–1821), a French General and Emperor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n249 232]|quote=...named for Napoleon Bonaparte.}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Napoleon since 1821.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Ripley&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Ripley County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Central House (Napoleon, Indiana)|Central House]] and [[Elias Conwell House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

[[File:Central House in Napoleon.jpg|thumb|The [[Central House (Napoleon, Indiana)|Central House]], a community landmark]]