Ripley County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)
Gazetteer/Almanac
      
            RIPLEY COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Missouri. Area, 1,080 square miles. Seat of justice, Doniphan. Pop. in 1840, 2,856; in 1850, 2,830.
      
            Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....  (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 311.