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Communities Also Named Ripley ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Ripley.

Within Ontario, the name Ripley is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Ripley is located in Limestone County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Ripley.
    • Arkansas
      • Cleveland County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ripley [Cleveland County].
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Ripley is located in Riverside County and lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Ripley.
    • Georgia
      • Twiggs County
      • This Ripley is located in Twiggs County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twiggs County community of Ripley.
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • This Ripley is located in Brown County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Ripley.
    • Indiana
      • Noble County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ripley [Noble County].
      • Pulaski County
      • This Ripley is located in Pulaski County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Ripley.
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Ripley is located in Somerset County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Ripley.
      • Washington County
      • This Ripley is located in Washington County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ripley.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Ripley is located in Charles County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Ripley.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • This Ripley is located in Houghton County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Ripley.
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • This Ripley is located in Tippah County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Ripley.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Ripley is located in Jackson County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ripley.
    • Montana
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ripley [Lincoln County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This Ripley is located in Clark County and lies 1,874 miles [3,015.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ripley.
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Ripley is located in Chautauqua County and lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Ripley.
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Ripley is located in Brown County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Ripley.
    • Oklahoma
      • Payne County
      • This Ripley is located in Payne County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Payne County community of Ripley.
    • Tennessee
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Ripley is located in Lauderdale County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Ripley.
    • Texas
      • Titus County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ripley [Titus County].
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Ripley is located in Jackson County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ripley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ripley ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Clover Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Crewe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crewe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
  • Kingsbridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
  • Lanes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes
  • Little Egypt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Egypt came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Egypt
  • Pine River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
  • Purple Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purple Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Grove
  • Riversdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riversdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversdale
  • Slade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slade came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slade
  • Zion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Ripley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ripley to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ripley and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Ripley to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,469 miles [7,192.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ripley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ripley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0713, Longitude: -81.5783    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ripley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ripley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ripley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.05 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.812 degrees.




 

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