Kentucky was admitted to the United States as a slave state and Ohio as a free state. Ripley, following James Poage's lead,became a major stop on the Underground Railroad, also because of the town's location on the Ohio River. Once across that, runaway slaves were somewhat safe.
Poage initially called Ripley Buck's Landing and a few months later decided it could be a good place to establish a town. He surveyed it, cleared it and plotted it, deciding it would be named in honor of the town he was born in in Virginia, Staunton.
James Poage was well-known for his dislike of slavery and like-minded people began moving there. By 1816, the town had 100 residents, but they found there was already a town in Ohio named Staunton, so the name was changed to honor War of 1812 General Eleazor Wheelock Ripley.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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