Ripley, West Virginia

From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia

The county seat of Jackson County, Ripley was originally chartered in 1832 and named in honor of Harry Ripley, who was drowned in Big Mill Creek in 1830. By the late 1920s, Ripley had two banks, two weekly newspapers, one theater, a hospital, five churches, a senior high school, and an elementary school, paved streets, electric power furnished by Pfost Electric Company, and water supplied from a reservoir owned and operated by the city.

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Table of contents

1 Ripley, WV

1.1 Libraries
1.2 Schools
1.3 Maps
1.4 Census Data
1.5 Geodata
1.6 Photos

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Ripley, WV

Ripley, WV is located about: 27 miles west of Spencer, WV; 30 miles east of Point Pleasant, WV; 36 miles north of Charleston, WV; and 42 miles south of Parkersburg, WV

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Libraries

Jackson County Public Library (http://jackson.park.lib.wv.us/) in Ripley, WV

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Schools

Jackson County Schools (http://boe.jack.k12.wv.us/)

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Maps

(http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Ripley&state=WV&pop=3263&county=Jackson&lat=38.8186&lon=-81.7108&elev=616) Map of Ripley, WV (http://www.wvamaps.com/maps/index.php?place=Ripley&state=WV&pop=3263&county=Jackson&lat=38.8186&lon=-81.7108&elev=616) showing streets and highways, and nearby airports, parks, hospitals, buildings, churches, cemeteries, trails and other points of interest; with link to driving directions.