Ripley, Mississippi Ripley, Mississippi Location of Ripley, Mississippi Location of Ripley, Mississippi Ripley, Mississippi is positioned in the US Ripley, Mississippi - Ripley, Mississippi Ripley is a town/city in Tippah County, Mississippi.
Colonel William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of authors William Faulkner and John Faulkner, was a prominent resident of Ripley in the mid to late-19th century.
Falkner's exploits in and around Ripley served as the model for Faulkner's character of Colonel John Sartoris.
Ripley is positioned at 34 43 57 N 88 56 49 W (34.732363, -88.947055). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.5 square miles (30 km2), of which 11.5 square miles (30 km2) is territory and 0.04-square-mile (0.10 km2) (0.35%) is water.
Ripley, Mississippi (1938) As of the census of 2000, there were 5,478 citizens , 2,174 homeholds, and 1,441 families residing in the city.
There were 2,174 homeholds out of which 32.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,728, and the median income for a family was $31,174.
About 18.3% of families and 21.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 26.7% of those under age 18 and 21.9% of those age 65 or over.
The City of Ripley is served by the South Tippah School District.
The Ripley school fitness includes Ripley Elementary School, Ripley Middle School and Ripley High School.
The old Ripley Post Office, part of the historic district, is also listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places The Ripley Historic District in central Ripley is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ripley is the home of the First Monday Trade Day held the weekend before to the first Monday of every month.
It started around the turn of the 20th century at the old square but is now held south of Ripley along Highway 15 athwart from the Tippah County Fair Grounds.
There is an annual walking tour of historic William Faulkner sites amid Ripley's annual Faulkner Festival in early November. Author John Grisham attended Ripley Elementary School Award-winning gospel music artist Carroll Roberson resides in Ripley "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Home " Ripley's First Monday Trade Day".
City of Ripley, Mississippi Website Municipalities and communities of Tippah County, Mississippi, United States County seat: Ripley
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