Indiana Newspaper Bibliography by John W. Miller (Indiana Historical Society, 1982) contains details about all Ripley County, Indiana newspapers. It also details surviving newspapers as well as the holdings of Indiana repositories.
A list of the Ripley County newspapers available at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis.
The following is a list of Ripley County newspapers, along with a date range of surviving newspapers. Editions within those ranges may not survive. Newspapers that have been digitized and are available online are also noted.
Batesville
- Budget (1887-1890)
- Newspaper Archive (1887-1889) ($)
- Democratic Herald (1892-1930)
- Newspaper Archive (1894-1923) ($)
- Farm and Fireside (1882)
- Herald-Tribune (1930-2020)
- Independent Record (1891-1893)
- Newspaper Archive (1891-1893) ($)
- Prairie Farmer (1879)
- Ripley Independent (1890-1891)
- Newspaper Archive (1890) ($)
- Times (1933-1951)
- Tribune (1893-1930)
- Newspaper Archive (1893-1922) ($)
Benham
- Forest Rose (1852-1853)
Milan
- Commercial (1915-1928)
- Times (1899-1902)
- Tribune (1926)
Napolean
- Democratic Rifle (1852)
Osgood
- Item (1875-1876)
- Ripley County Journal (1859-present)
- Newspaper Archive (1868-1922) ($)
- Square Deal (1909)
- Times (1867)
Sunman
- News (1897)
- Tri-County Greeting (1901-1903)
Versailles
- Banner (1875)
- Democratic Flag (1846-1848)
- Dispatch (1858-1869)
- Hoosier State Chronicles (1858-1866) (free)
- Forest Rose (1853-1854)
- Gazette (1869-1872)
- Intelligencer (1846-1851)
- Literary Messenger (1854)
- People’s Paper (1891-1895)
- Reporter (1890s)
- Republican (1881-present)
- Newspaper Archive (1883-1923) ($)
- Ripley County American (1855)
- Ripley County Journal (1859-1872)
- Ripley County Whig (1851)
- Ripley Index (1873-1881)
Related:
Dearborn County Newspaper Index
Rising Sun, Ohio County Newspaper Index
Vevay, Switzerland County, Newspaper Index