Waggoner Ripple
Ghost town · Adams County, Ohio

Waggoner Ripple is a ghost town in Adams County, Ohio. It is one of 7 former communities in Adams County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 41st among the 87 Ohio counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Waggoner Ripple as a historical populated place on the Concord topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.7126° N, 83.4424° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Concord |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 514 ft |
| Nearest living town | Concord, KY |
| Distance to it | 3.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1055936 |
| Coordinates | 38.71257, -83.44241 |
What's there now
Waggoner Ripple is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Concord, KY (population 18), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 514 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Grimesghost town · Adams County · 2.3 mi
- Mooreghost town · Adams County · 6 mi
- Kirker Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Adams County · 10 mi
- Cabin Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Lewis County · 12 mi
- Harshaville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Adams County · 14.6 mi
- Batesghost town · Mason County · 15.1 mi
- Eagle Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 15.2 mi
- Upper Bruceghost town · Lewis County · 16.7 mi
- Irvingtonghost town · Adams County · 16.8 mi
- Oak Ridgeghost town · Lewis County · 17.1 mi
- Otway Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Scioto County · 17.1 mi
- Oak Ridgeghost town · Lewis County · 17.2 mi
Questions
Where is Waggoner Ripple?
Waggoner Ripple is in Adams County, Ohio, at 38.7126, -83.4424.
How many ghost towns are in Adams County?
Adams County, Ohio has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.