Ripley

Also known as Ripley, Mississippi, Ripley, MS

city in Mississippi, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Mississippi
County: Tippah
Named after: Eleazer W. Ripley
Mayor: Jon Grisham ( R )
Total: 11.46 sq mi (29.67 km )
Land: 11.43 sq mi (29.60 km )
Water: 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
Elevation: 476 ft (145 m)
Density: 477.9/sq mi (184.51/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
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Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ripley had a population of 5,462. It is the county seat of Tippah County.

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. W.C. Falkner's exploits in and around Ripley served as the model for Faulkner's character of Colonel John Sartoris.