Place:Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States

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NameRipley
TypeTown
Coordinates42.267°N 79.7°W
Located inChautauqua, New York, United States
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Ripley is a town on Lake Erie in the westernmost part of Chautauqua County, New York, USA. The population was 2,415 at the 2000 census. The town was named after General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley. There are no incorporated villages in the town, but there is one CDP: Ripley. It is perhaps best known as being the western end of the New York State Thruway.

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History

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Ripley was first settled around 1804 in the vicinity of Ripley village. The town was established in 1817 from part of the town of Portland.

Much of the recent economy of the town is based on growing fruit, especially concord grapes.

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Notable past residents

  • B.F. Goodrich, founder of the popular rubber company. The folks of Ripley, New York refused to let him start his business in Ripley because they didn't want the town to get too big, but they put a big marble memorial downtown for him. In the year 2012, Ripley, New York has no gas station, the school(pre-k through 12 in one building) will be combined with others in Mayville, New York, and the convenient store is in an old church and very small.
  • Richard Theodore Ely, an American economist.
  • John L Testrake, Captain, Trans World Airlines, and TWA Flight 847.
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External Links

  • Outstanding guide to Ripley family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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