Editing Vevay, Indiana (section)

==History==
The first settlers who arrived in 1802 were Swiss immigrants intending on cultivating grapes and producing wine. It was named after the Swiss town of [[Vevey]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5yZ7olmuaAgC&q=bridge+cincinnati&pg=PA45 | title=Along the Ohio River: Cincinnati to Louisville | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | date=2006 | access-date=October 23, 2013 | author=Schrage, Robert | pages=45| isbn=9780738543086 }}</ref> The town was platted in 1813. When Switzerland County was formed in 1814, Vevay was made the county seat.

The Vevay post office has been in operation since 1816.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Switzerland&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Switzerland County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> The community was incorporated as a town in 1836.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_zwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 | title=Soil Survey of Switzerland County, Indiana | publisher=U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | year=1987 | pages=1}}</ref> Vevay collected a reputation of being home to the first commercial winery in the United States; However, the first certified commercial winery was established in [[Nicholasville, Kentucky]], in 1799 by Swiss immigrant John Dufour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholasville Winery was the First Commercial Vineyard in U.S. |url=https://www.lanereport.com/63738/2016/05/nicholasville-winery-certified-as-the-first-commercial-vineyard-in-u-s/ |access-date=November 14, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Edward and George Cary Eggleston House]], [[Hoosier Theatre|Old Hoosier Theatre]], [[Benjamin Schenck Mansion]], and [[Switzerland County Courthouse]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>