Welcome to Riepetown ...

Riepetown is located in White Pine County<1>.

Riepetown is 7,070 feet [2,155 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Riepetown is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Riepetown: 775

Communities near Riepetown ...

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

• Ely
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <3>
• Lane City ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lane City is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
  • Former name for Lane City:
  • Mineral City
• Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill
• Calumet ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Calumet is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
• East Ely
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • East Ely is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ely
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Ely <3>
• McGill Junction ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • McGill Junction is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill Junction
• Adverse ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Adverse is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse
• McGill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McGill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
• Steptoe
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Steptoe is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
• Illipah ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Illipah is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illipah

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 Riepetown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riepetown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riepetown ...

Looking for more information about Riepetown? 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 Riepetown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riepetown.

Adding Riepetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riepetown 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 (so far) for Riepetown was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riepetown.