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2020 Map of Ripley

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Ripley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Ripley serves as the regional hub of Tippah County, dominated by the civic presence of the Tippah County Courthouse and the Tippah County Chancery Building. The town's grid is bounded by Town Creek and S Tippah Creek, with residential expansion extending toward Tippah Memorial Gardens. Beyond the municipal center, the landscape transitions into a series of agricultural bottomlands, most notably Green Bottom and Adkins Bottom.

The surrounding countryside is defined by the headwaters of major river systems, including the Little Hatchie River and the Little Tallahatchie River. Small rural communities like Buena Vista and Clarysville are anchored by family and community landmarks such as Jacobs Chapel Cemetery and Fellowship Cemetery. Significant water features like Dumas Lake and numerous branches such as Harden Branch carve through the terrain, illustrating the traditional drainage patterns that have historically shaped settlement in this part of Mississippi.