Welcome to Ripley ...

Ripley is located in Clark County<1>.

The location of Ripley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Ripley was founded in 1914.

Ripley is 2,620 feet [799 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Ripley is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Ripley lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Ripley: (702)

Communities Also Named Ripley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Ripley - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ripley.

Communities near Ripley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ripley.

• Goodsprings
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
  • Goodsprings is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodsprings <4>
• Jean
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean
  • Jean is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jean <4>
• Primm
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primm
  • Primm is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Primm <4>
• Calvada Springs
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada Springs
  • Calvada Springs is located in Inyo County (CA)
• Charleston View
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston View
  • Charleston View is located in Inyo County (CA)
• Blue Diamond
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Diamond
  • Blue Diamond is located in Clark County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Diamond <4>
• Mountain Pass
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Pass
  • Mountain Pass is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Pass <4>
• Bard ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
  • Bard is located in Clark County
• Sloan
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
  • Sloan is located in Clark County
• Arden
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
  • Arden is located in Clark County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ripley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ripley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ripley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ripley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ripley. See our Newspapers Page for Ripley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ripley ...

Looking for more information about Ripley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ripley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ripley.

Adding Ripley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ripley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ripley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ripley post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ripley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ripley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clark County: www.accessclarkcounty.com/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/