Lake Ripley (Minnesota)

Lake Ripley
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Location of lake in Minnesota.
Lake Ripley
LocationMeeker County, Minnesota
Coordinates45°6′25″N 94°32′25″W / 45.10694°N 94.54028°W / 45.10694; -94.54028
Typelake

Lake Ripley is a lake in Meeker County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Lake Ripley was named for Frederick N. Ripley, who died there of exposure during the winter of 1855.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Ripley (Minnesota)
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 342.