Ripley County, Missouri

Founding: 1833 (declared in 1831)
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: Eleazer Ripley, Louisiana politician
Seat: Van Buren (1833–1847); Doniphan (1847–)

Land area: 630 square miles

Population (2020): 10,679

Population (historic): 2,856 (1840); 3,747 (1860); 5,377 (1880); 13,186 (1900); 11,176 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1850s; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; two CDPs; 16 townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 493 (7.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $455
Average outbuilding value (1930): $294
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,638
Average farm size (1920): 53.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Illinois
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Doniphan

Namesake: Alexander Doniphan, Missouri politician

Founding: 1847 (platting); 1848 (post office); 1891 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,781

Population (historic): 146 (1870); 609 (1890); 1,225 (1910); 1,398 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 126 (11.9%)
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