Do you know of West Ripley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Ripley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with West Ripley.<1>

Our sources for West Ripley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of West Ripley other than they indicate that West Ripley would be found somewhere in Somerset County, Maine.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Ripley ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Ripley:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Ripley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Ripley.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 23/84240   (Place Name: West Ripley)

County: Somerset     (FIPS State/County: 23/025)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Somerset County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Somerset County.