Ripon, Wisconsin

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


Statements (47)
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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