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Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 5,395 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tippah County. [5]Colonel William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of authors William Faulkner and John Faulkner, was a prominent resident of Ripley in the mid to late-19th century.
Ripley Historic District is a historic district comprising the central portion of Ripley, Mississippi. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] The district was listed for its significance to community planning and development, commerce, and agriculture.
Location of Tippah County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tippah County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Tippah County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,815. [1] Its county seat is Ripley. [2] The name "Tippah" is derived from a Chickasaw language word meaning "cut off."
The Old U.S. Post Office in Ripley, Mississippi was built in 1938. It served as a post office until c. 2000. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1] It is a vernacular brick building with brick laid in English bond. Its front central doorway is flanked by wooden pilasters and has a seven-light transom.
The Ripley & New Albany Railroad (reporting mark RNA) is a 27-mile long (43 km) shortline railroad that runs from New Albany to Falkner, Mississippi, and previously extended from Houston, Mississippi, to Middleton, Tennessee, along former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad trackage. RNA interchanges with the BNSF Railway in New Albany, Mississippi ...
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Ripley, Mississippi. Pages in category "People from Ripley, Mississippi" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
William Clark Falkner lived with his family in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri and Pontotoc, Mississippi, joining the Thompsons in Ripley in 1842. [2] In 1847, he married Holland Pearce. Their only child John Wesley Thompson Falkner, named after WC's uncle, was born in 1848.