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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.
The Ross Barnett Reservoir, often called the Rez, is a reservoir of the Pearl River between Madison and Rankin counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.The 33,000-acre (130 km 2) lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [ 3 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 4 ]
At one point, the water rose 6 feet (1.8 m) in 30 minutes and was 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 m) higher than the previous record crest. One eyewitness said the water level rose in some places at 10 miles per hour or more. [22] Another account states that the Republican rose 10 feet (3 m) in 12 minutes in McCook, destroying the structures in its path.
The Harlan County Reservoir includes a dam and a reservoir of 13,250 acres (54 km 2) located in Harlan County in south-central Nebraska. Its southernmost part extends into northern Phillips County , Kansas .
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 district was listed for its significance to community planning and development, commerce, and agriculture. The buildings reflect Ripley's development as the county seat of Tippah County. The district contains 284 contributing properties and one contributing object, a Confederate memorial. These buildings date from the 1840s through 1954 ...
The maximum observed storm surge was 3.5 ft (1.1 m) above normal tide levels in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. [1] The combined effects of storm surge and normal tide rose water levels to 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) above normal along the Mississippi coastline, resulting in minor coastal flooding across Hancock County. [10]