Ripley County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 13,509 (Change since 1990: +9.8%)
• Created: January 5, 1833
• County seat: Doniphan
• Largest town: Doniphan (Pop. 1,932)
• Name origin: Gen. Eleazer W. Ripley

Populated Places

• Bardley (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route J north of US 160 near the Oregon County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°41'39" N, 91°07'18" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 783
  • Civil township: Pine
  • School district: Ripley County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Bardley
• Beaverdam (Historical)
  • Probably located near County Road K-5 along North Prong Beaverdam Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°45'11" N, 90°37'51" W
  • Elevation: 422
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Hogan Hollow (Not shown)
• Bennett (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road west of Route C on the N. Fk. Buffalo Creek
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'01" N, 91°00'16" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N, R. 1 E., Sec. 18
  • Elevation: 452
  • Civil township: Kelley
  • School district: Ripley County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Bardley
  • Maps: 1886, 1904 McNally, and 1920 Clason
• Berthold (Historical)
  • Located west of Hemenway and north of Purman
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Borth (Historical)
  • Located near Doniphan Branch railroad crossing over Little Black River
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 4
  • Sources: Houck (vol. 1 and p. 73 map)
• Box (Historical)
  • Post office located somewhere east of Gatewood, possibly near the intersection of MO 142 and Route Z
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 10
  • USGS Quad: Gatewood (Not shown)
  • Sources: Houck (vol. 1 and p. 73 map)
• Briar (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Briar Creek
  • Located near intersection US 160 and Route C
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'54" N, 90°58'18" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 666
  • Civil township: Shirley
  • School district: Ripley County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Briar
  • Maps: 1895 McNally (Briar Creek), 1904 McNally (Briarcreek), and 1920 Clason
• Brinkerhoff Spur (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Brinkerhoff
  • Located east of Doniphan
• Budapest (Historical)
  • Post office closed 1922, town abandoned in 1932
  • Located east of Route K along South Prong Beaverdam Creek in a remote area with no roads
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°46'08" N, 90°42'39" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 35
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Hogan Hollow
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Burr (Historical)
  • Post office closed 1920, town disappeared in the 1960s
  • Located at the end of Route DD just north of Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'07" N, 90°59'10" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 5
  • Civil township: Union
  • USGS Quad: Poynor
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Carie (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Doniphan, probably along US 160
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'16" N, 90°56'20" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 635
  • Civil township: Shirley
  • USGS Quad: Briar (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and 1944
• Celynda (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Tucker in the far corner of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'34" N, 91°06'26" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 680
  • Civil township: Gatewood
  • USGS Quad: Gatewood (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Current View (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Currentview
  • Located on Route E at the Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°29'56" N, 90°46'41" W
  • Elevation: 328
  • Civil township: Harris
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Supply
• Doniphan (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,932 (Change since 1990: +12.8%)
  • Located on US 160 near the east bank of Current River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°37'20" N, 90°49'20" W
  • Name origin: Col. Alexander W. Doniphan
  • Founded: 1847
• Doyle (Historical)
  • Located on MO 142 between Doniphan and Ponder
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'59" N, 90°54'35" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 460
  • Civil township: Shirley
  • USGS Quad: Poynor (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
• Dry Spring (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Dry Springs
  • Located about 12 miles southwest of Doniphan near the Arkansas border
  • Maps: 1866, 1872, 1874, 1886, and 1895 McNally
  • Source: Ripley Directory (p. 18-19)
• Dryden (Historical)
  • Located west of Flatwoods
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'52" N, 90°44'52" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 33
  • Elevation: 560
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods (Not shown)
  • Map: 1895 McNally
• Ernest (Historical)
  • Located near Little Black River close to the Butler County line, probably beyond the end of Route M
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'21" N, 90°38'02" W
  • Elevation: 374
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods (Not shown)
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Fairdealing (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Fair Dealing
  • Located on US 160 between Doniphan and US 67
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°39'46" N, 90°36'60" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 10
  • Civil township: Washington
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Fairdealing
  • Post office: Oct. 17, 1883 - Now
• Fern Nook (Historical)
  • Various sources spell the name "Fernnook", "Fernhook", or "Fernook"
  • Located near South Prong Little Black River and Way Hollow about 12 miles northeast of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°43'38" N, 90°45'28" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 510
  • Civil township: Jordan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan North (Not shown)
  • Map: 1904 McNally
  • Source: Ripley Directory (p. 25)
• Flatwoods (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route BB north of US 160
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'50" N, 90°42'01" W
  • Elevation: 535
  • Civil township: Flatwoods
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods
  • Post office: Feb. 8, 1900 - Jun. 30, 1954
• Fugate (Historical)
  • Post office possibly located along the west side of Current River near Pratt
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 24
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan South (Not shown)
  • Sources: Houck (v. 1 and p. 73 map)
• Gamburg (Historical)
  • Town disappeared in the 1930s
  • Located on a county road (Old Military Road) southwest of Fairdealing near Route T
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'14" N, 90°38'24" W
  • Elevation: 460
  • Civil township: Washington
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods
• Gatewood (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 142 and Route V
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'37" N, 91°05'23" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 543
  • Civil township: Gatewood
  • School district: Ripley County R-3
  • USGS Quad: Gatewood
  • Source: Ripley Directory (p. 16)
• Glenn (Historical)
  • Town disappeared in 1933
  • Located on Route H east of Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'49" N, 90°41'03" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 30
  • Civil township: Thomas
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Station on Hoxie Branch railroad between Sinsabaugh and Torch
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1930 Frisco
• Handy (Unincorporated)
  • Located near CR 160-W-19 (FR 3145) just south of the Carter County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°48'33" N, 91°06'25" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Pine
  • School district: Ripley County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Handy
• Hemenway (Historical)
  • Now a part of the Hemenway Conservation Area
  • Alternate name: Riga
  • Located on Route H southwest of Naylor
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'54" N, 90°39'06" W
  • Civil township: Thomas
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Station on the Hoxie Branch between Torch and Naylor
  • Named for James Hemenway, a Senator from Indiana, the home state of town founder William Taylor.
  • Founded: 1906 by William Taylor
• Hill Top (Historical)
  • Gas station and dance hall that closed in the 1970s
  • Located near US 160 northeast of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°38'27" N, 90°48'06" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan North
• Kingbee (Historical)
  • Located on Little Black River beyond the end of Route M
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'33" N, 90°39'57" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 356
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods (Shows King Bee Spring)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and Ripley Co. plat
• Lede (Historical)
  • Located just south of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'60" N, 90°48'60" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan South (Not shown)
• Liebig (Historical)
  • Disappeared in the 1950s
  • Alternate name: Leibig
  • Located at the end of Route EE
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'55" N, 90°57'05" W
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Poynor
  • USGS Quad: Poynor
• McElroy (Historical)
  • Alternate name: McIlroy
  • Post office located southwest of Doniphan, possibly along West Fork Fourche Creek near County Road EE-2
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 28
  • USGS Quad: Poynor (Not shown)
  • Sources: Houck (v. 1 and p. 73 map)
• McKinneys Mill (Historical)
  • Located on Little Black River northeast of Doniphan. Probably near Mudpuppy Conservation Area beyond the end of Route BB.
  • Map: 1886
• Mill Creek (Historical)
  • Located somewhere west of Doniphan
  • Maps: 1857 Johnson, 1866, and 1872
• Mullen (Historical)
  • Located between Oxly and Doniphan
• Naylor (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 610 (Change since 1990: -5.0%)
  • Located near intersection MO 142, Route H, and Route W between Oxly and Neelyville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°34'27" N, 90°36'16" W
  • Name origin: William A. Naylor
  • Founded: Nov. 1883
• Owenmont (Historical)
  • Located on county road east of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°37'12" N, 90°47'01" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 30
  • Elevation: 504
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan South
  • Railroad switch on the Doniphan Branch discontinued in the 1930s
• Oxly (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Martinsburg, Oakdale, and Varner
  • Located at intersection MO 142 and Route T
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'42" N, 90°41'15" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 320
  • Civil township: Varner
  • School district: Naylor R-2
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Station on the Doniphan Branch railroad
  • Named for F. G. Oxley, owner of the Oxley Stave Factory of Poplar Bluff
  • Maps: 1857 Johnson (Shows Martinsburg), 1866, 1874, 1886 (Now shows Varner), 1889 (Still shows Varner), 1895 McNally (Shows Oakdale), 1904 McNally (Labeled as "Oakdale Sta. or Varner P.O."), and 1920 Clason (Shown as Oxly)
  • Sources: Moser and Ripley Directory (p. 20)
• Pennington Mill (Historical)
  • Located at the end of Route BB north of Flatwoods along Little Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'28" N, 90°41'23" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 354
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Flatwoods (Benchmark shown)
• Pine (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR J-2 north of US 160 and east of Route J
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°42'58" N, 91°05'41" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Pine
  • School district: Ripley County R-4
  • USGS Quad: Bardley
  • Founded: Feb. 1886
  • Map: 1923 McNally
• Pleasant Grove (Historical)
  • Located about 10 miles north of Doniphan on Little Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°44'16" N, 90°49'44" W
  • Survey: T. 24 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 601
  • Civil township: Jordan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan North (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1886, 1895 McNally, and 1904 McNally (Shows "Pleasantgrove")
  • Source: Ripley Directory (p. 24)
• Ponder (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Segin
  • Located on MO 142 east of Route P intersection
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'02" N, 90°59'20" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 556
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: Ripley County R-3
  • USGS Quad: Poynor
  • Map: 1886 (Shows Segin)
• Poynor (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection MO 21 and Route FF southwest of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'13" N, 90°54'25" W
  • Elevation: 428
  • Civil township: Poynor
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Poynor
• Pratt (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off Route A north of the Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'48" N, 90°49'52" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Current River
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan South
• Pulaski (Historical)
  • Disappeared in the 1950s
  • Alternate name: Mullen
  • Located on CR 142-E-24 between MO 142 and US 160
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°36'50" N, 90°44'48" W
  • Survey: T. 23 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 433
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Station of the Doniphan Branch railroad between Owenmont and Oxly
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Purman (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route N between Route E and Route H
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°31'22" N, 90°44'48" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 371
  • Civil township: Harris
  • School district: Doniphan R-1
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
• Sheehan (Historical)
  • Located west of Naylor
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°35'12" N, 90°38'47" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 4
  • Elevation: 320
  • Civil township: Varner
  • USGS Quad: Oxly (Not shown)
  • Station on Doniphan Branch railroad between Oxly and Naylor
• Short (Historical)
  • Terminus on a railroad that went northeast to Grandin
  • Alternate name: Old Short Place
  • Located northwest of Bennett and northeast of Pine.
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°48'40" N, 90°57'29" W
  • Elevation: 440
  • Civil township: Kelley
  • USGS Quad: Grandin SW (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1904 McNally and 1920 Clason
• Sinsabaugh (Historical)
  • Sinsabaugh was the town and railroad station, Acorn was the post office, and Slagle was the railroad switch. The post office operated from 1902 to 1937 and the town eventually disappeared by 1956.
  • Previously known as: Acorn and Slagle
  • Located near Route H just north of Arkansas border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°30'16" N, 90°42'07" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 291
  • Civil township: Harris
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Station on the Hoxie Branch railroad southwest of Glenn
  • Maps: 1904 McNally (Slagle), 1920 Clason (Sensabaugh Sta. or Acorn P.O.), and 1928 Frisco (Shows Sinsabaugh south of the Arkansas border)
• Steeles (Historical)
  • Located on MO 21 between US 160 and Route K
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°40'50" N, 90°47'29" W
  • Elevation: 558
  • Civil township: Doniphan
  • USGS Quad: Doniphan North
• Torch (Historical)
  • Disappeared in the 1950s
  • Located on Route H just east of Glenn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'11" N, 90°40'34" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 19
  • Civil township: Thomas
  • USGS Quad: Oxly
  • Point on the Hoxie Branch railroad between Glenn and Hemenway
• Tucker (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route Z south of MO 142
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°32'41" N, 91°04'16" W
  • Survey: T. 22 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 376
  • Civil township: Gatewood
  • School district: Ripley County R-3
  • USGS Quad: Gatewood
• Twin Springs (Historical)
  • Located on a county road on west side of Current River northwest of Doniphan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°46'34" N, 90°57'17" W
  • Civil township: Kelley
  • USGS Quad: Grandin SW (No town or houses shown, but does show springs)
  • Map: MoDOT

History

Name origin

Named after Gen. Eleazer W. Ripley, fought in the War of 1812

Demographics