Ripley, West Virginia Ripley, West Virginia Location of Ripley, West Virginia Location of Ripley, West Virginia State West Virginia Ripley is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The populace was 3,252 at the 2010 census.
Jacob Starcher erected a grist foundry in 1824 and laid out the town in 1830, naming it with respect to Harry Ripley, a young minister who was to be married, but drowned in Big Mill Creek, about one and a half miles north of the town, shortly before the ceremony took place. When Jackson County was formed in 1831, the inhabitants of the county could not decide where to locate the county seat.
The Virginia General Assembly assigned an autonomous commission to make the final decision which chose Ripley.
In 1832, the Starchers donated 8 acres (32,000 m2) of territory to the county, 2 acres (8,100 m2) for the locale of the county courthouse and jail, and six for the general use of the new county (a enhance school and a cemetery were later positioned on the land).
The last enhance hanging in West Virginia took place in Ripley in 1897, when John Morgan was hanged for murder; the spectacle prompted the West Virginia Legislature to ban enhance executions soon after. In 1990, the Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation locked out its 1,700 workers, most residing in Ravenswood, at least a third had lived in Ripley at the time.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.28 square miles (8.50 km2), of which, 3.17 square miles (8.21 km2) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water. The Jackson County Courthouse in Ripley in 2007 The Jackson County Courthouse in Ripley in 2012 There were 1,614 housing units at an average density of 509.1 per square mile (196.6/km2).
There were 1,476 homeholds of which 24.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 42.8% were married couples residing together, 11.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.1% were non-families.
19.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.7% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 25% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,543 housing units at an average density of 499.5 per square mile (192.8/km ).
There were 1,423 homeholds out of which 23.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.5% were married couples residing together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 12.1% of families and 16.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
Ripley claims to host the "Biggest Small Town Fourth of July Celebration" in the nation. On July 4, 2002, then President George W.
Ripley is served by the Jackson County School District.
Schools positioned in Ripley are: Jackson County Center of West Virginia University at Parkersburg Dee Caperton- Miss West Virginia 1964 Lanham - West Virginia State Senator and businessman, was born in Ripley. Early Settlers and their Contributions to Jackson County and its County Seat Ripley, West Virginia.
Ripley: Jackson County Public Library.
Jackson County Historical Society.
The Emergence of Jackson County and of Ripley, Its Seat of Justice.
Jackson County Historical Society: Ripley, WV.
"Postmaster Finder" @ United States Postal Service, retrieved 2017-01-15.
West Virginia Blue Book.
This hanging is said to have taken place at the now positioned Ripley High School.
Published annually by the Clerk's Office of the West Virginia Senate.
The West Virginia Encyclopedia.
West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Ripley Fourth of July".
Jackson County School District Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States
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