Welcome to Ripple ...

So far, we found very little information about Ripple. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ripple to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ripple, please Contact Us.

Ripple would have been located within present day Luzerne County<2>.

The location of Ripple has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ripple, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ripple is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Ripple was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Ripple still existed, it would have been in the (570) area code.

Communities Also Named Ripple ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ripple - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Ripple ...

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

• Wilkes-Barre
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes-Barre
  • Wilkes-Barre is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilkes-Barre <5>
• Kingston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <5>
• Nanticoke
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
  • Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,278 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nanticoke <5>
• Berwick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
  • Berwick is located in Columbia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,855 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <5>
• Plymouth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Swoyersville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swoyersville
  • Swoyersville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,010 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swoyersville <5>
• Edwardsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <5>
• Larksville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larksville
  • Larksville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,395 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larksville <5>
• Forty Fort
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forty Fort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
  • Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
• Harveys Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Lake
  • Harveys Lake is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harveys Lake <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ripple. 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 Ripple.

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

Adding Ripple to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ripple in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ripple was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ripple post office opened in 1886.

We also found Ripple in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ripple.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/