Ripon, Wisconsin

E12589
city municipality

Ripon, Wisconsin is a small city in central Wisconsin historically recognized as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
municipality →
areaCode 920 →
climateClassification humid continental climate →
country United States of America →
countrySubdivision State of Wisconsin →
demographicsDataSource United States Census Bureau →
distanceToMadison approximately 70 miles →
distanceToMilwaukee approximately 80 miles →
elevation approximately 925 feet →
foundingYear 1849 →
governmentType Mayor–council government →
hasAnnualEvent Riponfest →
hasEducationalInstitution Ripon College →
hasHighSchool Ripon High School →
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Ripon Historic District →
hasHistoricEvent founding meeting of the Republican Party in 1854 →
hasHistoricSite Little White Schoolhouse →
hasMiddleSchool Ripon Middle School →
hasNewspaper Ripon Commonwealth Press →
hasPark Barlow Park →
Selfridge Park →
hasPublicLibrary Ripon Public Library →
hasSchoolDistrict Ripon Area School District →
hasUTCOffset UTC−06:00 →
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−05:00 →
historicallyKnownFor birthplace of the Republican Party →
incorporationYear 1858 →
LittleWhiteSchoolhouseDesignation National Historic Landmark →
localEconomySector agriculture →
education →
light manufacturing →
retail and services →
locatedIn Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin →
Wisconsin →
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone →
locatedNear Fond du Lac, Wisconsin →
Green Lake, Wisconsin →
namedAfter Ripon, North Yorkshire →
partOf United States Midwest →
postalCode 54971 →
primaryLanguage English →
primaryReligionTraditions various Christian denominations →
region central Wisconsin →
RiponCollegeType private liberal arts college →
transportationRoute Wisconsin Highway 23 →
Wisconsin Highway 44 →
Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Republican Party →
foundedIn
Carrie Chapman Catt ("Ripon, Wisconsin, United States") →
placeOfBirth
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