Ripley is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Twiggs County
Twiggs County is a County (United States), county located in the Central Georgia, central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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.
History
A post office called Ripley was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1921. A variant name was "Ripling".
References
Unincorporated communities in Twiggs County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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