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1516:Lake Lorelei
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25:Ripley, Ohio
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1665:Ohio portal
1611:New Harmony
1538:communities
1372:Higginsport
1367:Hamersville
1327:County seat
1136:January 31,
958:John Rankin
952:John Parker
891:other races
864:2000 census
812:2010 census
426:John Rankin
407:War of 1812
362:2020 census
110: /
50:) in Ripley
1688:Categories
1556:Brownstown
1526:St. Martin
1498:Washington
1448:Huntington
1377:Mount Orab
1362:Georgetown
1334:Georgetown
1247:January 6,
1200:January 6,
1075:References
1050:Ohio River
868:As of the
816:As of the
391:Ohio River
358:Cincinnati
354:Ohio River
310:feature ID
218:Population
98:83°50′18″W
95:38°44′22″N
1650:Footnotes
1636:White Oak
1631:Wahlsburg
1626:Vera Cruz
1591:Greenbush
1586:Fincastle
1566:Crosstown
1561:Chasetown
1551:Ash Ridge
1458:Jefferson
1415:Townships
445:Geography
298:FIPS code
240:Time zone
210:Elevation
170:Named for
1616:New Hope
1581:Feesburg
1576:Eastwood
1488:Sterling
1478:Pleasant
1438:Franklin
1392:Sardinia
1352:Aberdeen
1344:Villages
1058:See also
895:Hispanic
885:, 0.17%
881:, 0.06%
877:, 6.65%
842:Hispanic
414:Kentucky
302:39-67272
291:937, 326
274:ZIP code
158:Township
1601:Levanna
1571:Decatur
1546:Arnheim
1453:Jackson
1222:June 4,
999:Gallery
991:in the
989:colonel
836:, 0.2%
832:, 0.2%
828:, 4.9%
368:History
338:village
318:Website
313:2399079
124:Country
33:Village
1621:Redoak
1382:Ripley
899:Latino
870:census
846:Latino
818:census
755:−16.5%
740:−20.8%
650:−16.9%
635:−18.1%
575:−14.4%
545:118.1%
470:Census
399:slaves
334:Ripley
146:County
1596:Hiett
1493:Union
1483:Scott
1468:Perry
1463:Lewis
1443:Green
1433:Eagle
1428:Clark
887:Asian
875:White
838:Asian
826:White
800:−9.1%
795:1,591
780:1,750
770:−3.9%
765:1,745
750:1,816
735:2,174
725:26.3%
720:2,745
710:21.3%
705:2,174
695:10.4%
690:1,792
675:1,623
660:1,556
645:1,529
630:1,840
620:−9.5%
615:2,248
605:−2.5%
600:2,483
585:2,546
570:2,323
560:52.5%
555:2,715
540:1,780
530:42.7%
515:35.9%
380:from
336:is a
279:45167
268:(EDT)
266:UTC-4
245:UTC-5
226:1,591
163:Union
151:Brown
134:State
1508:CDPs
1473:Pike
1423:Byrd
1249:2013
1224:2015
1202:2013
1138:2008
1096:2022
976:for
791:2020
785:0.3%
776:2010
761:2000
746:1990
731:1980
716:1970
701:1960
686:1950
680:4.3%
671:1940
665:1.8%
656:1930
641:1920
626:1910
611:1900
596:1890
590:9.6%
581:1880
566:1870
551:1860
536:1850
521:1840
506:1830
491:1820
479:Note
474:Pop.
378:Ohio
350:Ohio
325:.com
308:GNIS
181:Area
139:Ohio
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510:572
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