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We would like to provide the residents of  Ripley  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Ripley Home page. The Ripley Home page provides as much information as possible on Ripley. Knowing Ripley’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Ripley’s Home page, you will also find Ripley’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Ripley has a population of 269. 55% of Ripley’s inhabitants are Male, and 45 are female. 58.5% of Ripley is married and 76.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $63,425, and the average rent is $644. Household median income in Ripley is $47,500, and the individual median income is $24,015. Ripley’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.6%), Multiple(3.7%), Native(3.3%), Hispanic(1.9%), Other(0.4%).


The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often called simply the Santa Fe) developed Ripley and auctioned the first lots on January 13, 1900. Three months later, the Ripley Times, reported that the community's population had already reached 1,000 persons. The first wagon bridge across the Cimarron River was completed July 31, 1900, which was the excuse for a big party that lasted until the wee hours of the next morning.Agriculture became the main source of income besides the railroad.


A large farm named Morehead Plantation hired many African-American laborers to produce cotton. The cotton business declined sharply after World War I, but oil discoveries in the county offset the cotton decline for a while. However, oil markets declined in the late 1920s and the beginning of the Great Depression caused the town economy to decline.


Ripley's population declined from a peak of 487 in 1930 to 292 in 1950 and 263 in 1960. The population rebounded to 451 in 1980 and 376 in 1990. It peaked again in 2009 at 510; by 2016, it dropped to 403 people.


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