Editing Ridgeville, Indiana (section)

==History==
A post office called Ridgeville has been in operation since 1851.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Randolph&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Randolph County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=November 1, 2015}}</ref> The town was named for its lofty elevation.<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/n297 280]|quote=...slightly elevated land of the townsite...}}</ref> Joab Ward, an old Settler to Ridgeville since 1819, originally laid out the village of Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana in 1854.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tucker|first=E. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrandolp00tuck/page/n218 21], 35, 39–40, 95–96, 101, 108, 118, 131, 195, 327, 406–410, 414–416, 420, 497 |year=1882|title=History of Randolph County, Indiana: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to which are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrandolp00tuck |quote=joab ward+ridgeville.|location=Randolph County (Ind.)|publisher=A.L. Klingman}}</ref>