 SR 565 was established in 1937.The original path of SR 565 consisted of the entirety of the currently routing of SR 565, a brief portion of SR 260, and the combination of Mount Hope Ridge Road (TR 565), Dick Scott Hill Road (CR 105C) and Merrill Ridge Road (CR 105), leading to an eastern terminus at SR 26 about north of the Washington–Monroe County line.At the time the designation was first applied, the entire length of SR 565 was unpaved.