Ripley County Historical

Ripley County is a region situated in the Ozarks in the U.S. province of Missouri. As of the 2010 enumeration, the populace was 14,100. The biggest city and district situate is Doniphan. The province was formally sorted out on January 5, 1833, and is named after Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, an officer who presented with unique excellence in the War of 1812.

The first region included what might later move toward becoming Oregon, Howell, Shannon and Carter regions. It was a Native American trail toward the Southwest that was utilized by pioneers including Stephen F. Austin. Amid the American Civil War, Ripley area was unequivocally professional Southern and gave four colonels to the Confederate Army. A few Civil War engagements occurred in the district. Vacationer zones incorporate the Current River and the Mark Twain National Forest.