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Ripley
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Ripley

Town in Chautauqua County, west New York; population (1990) 3,000. It is situated on Lake Erie, 45 km/28 mi northwest of Jamestown, on the Pennsylvania state line. Before waiting-period laws were passed, Ripley was the fast-marriage capital of the state. There are vineyards and beaches in this rural community.

Ripley

Small town in Brown County, southwest Ohio; population (1990) 1,800. It is situated on the Ohio River and the Kentucky state border, 68 km/42 mi southeast of Cincinnati. It is a distribution point for tobacco. Corn and hogs are also raised in the area. Ripley is the site of the Rankin House, a station on the Underground Railroad (a network for escaped slaves) that has been turned into a state memorial. After the Civil War a number of freed slaves settled here.



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