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Brother Harry Ripley was a circuit-riding minister for the Methodist church. According to legend, he had planned to wed a local girl and build the first church in the community. Tragedy struck, however, when he drowned in Mill Creek with their marriage certificate in his coat pocket. Local leaders opted to change the community’s name from Jackson Court House to Ripley when the town received its charter from the Virginia assembly on Dec 19, 1832.
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Ripley, West Virginia · United States
