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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Ripley (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ripley. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Ripley is located in Payne County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Payne County: Creek, Lincoln, Logan, Noble & Pawnee.

Below are the counties that are near Ripley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ripley:

  • Payne County     (The home county of Ripley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Cottingham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottingham is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottingham
    • Perkins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cushing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vinco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Vinco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
    • Cartoco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cartoco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartoco
    • Stillwater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Schlegel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Schlegel is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlegel
    • Yale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Yale is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <1>
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
    • North Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • North Village is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
    • Glencoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Yost
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Yost is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
  • Creek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Drumright
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Oilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Shamrock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Silver City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Silver City is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Depew
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Milfay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrence Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lawrence Creek is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Pulaski ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pulaski is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Agra
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Agra is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agra <1>
    • Tryon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Parkland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Parkland is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
    • Avery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Avery is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Carney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • South Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • South Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
    • Kendrick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kendrick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Chandler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Fallis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fallis is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Davenport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Stroud
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Warwick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Ingram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Coyle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Langston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orlando
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Mulhall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lawrie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Guthrie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Morrison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Petes Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Petes Corner is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Corner
    • Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Oklahoma County
    • Luther
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.
    • Quay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Quay is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
    • Lone Chimney ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lone Chimney is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Chimney
    • Maramec
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pawnee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Cody
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cody is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
    • Hallett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Terlton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Skedee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Skedee is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skedee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Blackburn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackburn is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ripley, see our County-by-County Page for Ripley.

Cemeteries Near Ripley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ripley.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ripley - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ripley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.

  • Oak Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Parrott Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bend Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dunkin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Church of the Brethren Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Iowa Indian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Flynn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (178 more) ...
    • Ingall Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fairlawn Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Cushing.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98387 <2>
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Cushing.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99077 <2>

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Ripley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ripley.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ripley, with the one closest to Ripley listed first.

  • Ingalls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ingalls is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
  • Perkins
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cushing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Stillwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Parkland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Parkland is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
  • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
  • Marena
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Marena is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marena
  • Langston
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Morrison
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Chandler
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jennings
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Davenport
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Stroud
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pawnee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ingram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ripley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ripley.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ripley ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ripley.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ripley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ripley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ripley.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Ripley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ripley:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ripley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.