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History · Ripplemead

Ripplemead’s post office opened in 1883

Most of Ripplemead was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992.

1883first post office
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How Ripplemead began

When was Ripplemead founded?

1883

The Ripplemead post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 306143 years
Founding year: the first Ripplemead post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Ripplemead, in brief

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Ripplemead is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Giles County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ripplemead had a population of 306. Ripplemead is located along the New River, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east-northeast of Pearisburg. Ripplemead has a post office with ZIP code 24150.

Its first post office opened in 1883.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Ripplemead

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Henry KingAmerican film director · b. 1886
Sylvia BurwellFormer United States Secretary of Health and Hu… · b. 1965
John B. FloydAmerican politician · b. 1806
John Davis ChandlerAmerican actor · b. 1935
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Louis KingAmerican actor and movie director · b. 1898
Rod ThornAmerican basketball player · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Ripplemead’s post office has been open since 1883.

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Snidows Ferrycrossing

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Ripplemead’s history

What year was Ripplemead founded?

The Ripplemead post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.