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Lake Wappapello is a reservoir on the St. Francis River, formed by Wappapello Dam Created in 1938, [ 1 ] this 8,400-acre (34 km 2 ) lake is located 120 miles (190 km) south of St. Louis , Missouri .
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.
Lake Wappapello State Park is a public recreation area consisting of 1,854 acres (750 ha) bordering Lake Wappapello in Wayne County, Missouri. The state park features two campgrounds, trails for hikers, bikers, backpackers, and equestrians, and swimming, fishing, and boating on the lake.
The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 426 miles (686 km) long, [4] in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States.The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri Bootheel.
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."
Wappapello is an unincorporated community in southeastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately thirteen miles northeast of Poplar Bluff, next to Lake Wappapello. Wappapello was laid out in 1884 when the railroad was extended to that point. [3] The community has the name of a Native American chieftain. [4]
Chaonia is an extinct town in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The site was on the bank of the St. Francis River and is now within Lake Wappapello.The Chaonia Landing recreation area at the end of Missouri Route W is about one-half mile south of the original location.
Several hiking trails are available, including a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) trail circumnavigating the lake. [2] The park allows winter usage for snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. A former Boy Scout facility on the south side of the lake, Camp Wapello, was a part of the park from 1984 until 1995.