Place:Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, United States

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NameRipley
TypeCity
Coordinates34.733°N 88.947°W
Located inTippah, Mississippi, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Ripley Cemetery
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Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 5,395 at the 2010 census. 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.

Ripley is located in the Hills region of North Mississippi, an important region for the birth of American music. The area is known as the birthplace of the hill country blues.

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