Editing Versailles, Indiana (section)

==History==
It was decided in 1818 a county seat should be located at Versailles.<ref>{{cite book|author=Wanda Lou Willis|title=More Haunted Hoosier Trails: Folklore from Indiana's Spookiest Places|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9Z9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA186|date=October 9, 2013|publisher=Emmis Books|isbn=978-1-57860-182-0|page=186}}</ref> The town of Versailles was laid out in 1819.<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles W. Cady|title=The Indiana annual register and pocket manual for the year 1845: containing the names and residences of all judges and clerks of courts, prosecuting attorneys, recorders, auditors, ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4gSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138|year=1846|publisher=Printed by E. Chamberlain|page=138}}</ref> It was named after the [[Palace of Versailles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n309 310]}}</ref>

A post office has been in operation at Versailles since 1823.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Ripley&searchtext=&pagenum=3 | title=Ripley County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Ripley County Courthouse (Indiana)|Ripley County Courthouse]], [[Fernando G. Taylor House]], [[Tyson United Methodist Church]], and [[Versailles School and Tyson Auditorium]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>