Laughery Township, Ripley County, Indiana

Ballstown is an unincorporated community in Laughery Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

WRBI (103.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Batesville, Indiana, United States, it serves the Southeastern Indiana area. The station is currently owned by Leeson Media LLC (Brent Lee and Randy Lawson). Leeson purchased the station from White River Broadcasting Co., Inc. February 1, 2013.

Cross Roads is an unincorporated community in Laughery Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Batesville is a city in Franklin and Ripley counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 7,236 at the 2022 census, making it the largest community in both counties but is not the county seat of either. The Batesville Casket Company is headquartered here. Medical technology company Hillrom has a substantial presence in the town, unfortunately, shut down in early 2021. Batesville is noted for its central location between Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville.

The Sherman, in Batesville, Indiana, is a Tudor-style restaurant and hotel with history dating to 1852. Located "in the heart of historic downtown Batesville, a convenient midway meeting point between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, The Sherman is a well-loved locale for the people of the town and an important Indiana landmark." It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) off Interstate 74.It is one of Indiana's oldest buildings.It was opened as The Brinkmann House in 1852, and originally was a two-story frame building with clapboard siding. Its owner renamed it in 1865 to Sherman House in recognition of General William T. Sherman and the 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which fought under him in the American Civil War. It was bought by Hillenbrand Industries in 1923, which added four buildings to the property and unified them into one structure by 1933. The work preserved "most of the original timber frame of yellow poplar girders, 30 inches by 90 feet, which were in perfect condition after 80 years. They are still in place." In 2015 the hotel was said to be closing and was put up for sale.In the 1990s, a raspberry festival was held there every July.After over 160 years of operation, the Sherman House closed on January 12, 2015, according to its website and local media reports.The building, under new management, was remodeled, and had been reopened and renamed The Sherman as of February 2017.It opened a Biergarten in 2019.It was listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a member of the Historic Hotels of America. In 2022, it is no longer a member.

Huntersville is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Indiana, in the United States.

Central Batesville Historic District is a national historic district located at Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana. The district encompasses 44 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Batesville. The district developed between about 1852 and 1960 and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Classical Revival, and Streamline Moderne style architecture. Notable buildings include the a gas station (c. 1960), Hillenbrand Buildings (c. 1879–1940), Batesville Bank (c. 1895, 1910, 1922), Gibson Theatre (1921), Sherman House (1852), Batesville Memorial Building (1922-1923), German Methodist Church (1889), Boehringer Hall (1856), St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (1897-1898), Baas-Nolte Building and House (1880), Batesville Post Office (1936-1937), and Batesville Telephone Building (c. 1955).It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Batesville High School (BHS) is a public high school in Batesville, Indiana. The high school is part of the Batesville Community School Corporation and has an enrollment of 700.

New Pennington is an unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

Ray Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,021.

Stockheughter Covered Bridge, also known as Enochsburg Covered Bridge and County Bridge number 73, is a historic Howe Truss covered bridge located in Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana. The bridge was built in 1891, and measures 101 feet, 10 inches, long, 13 feet high, and 13 feet wide. It has a gable roof and the exterior is clad in board and natten siding.: 5 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Morris is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.