Email Ruth Gallion Doniphan is the seat of Ripley County in the beautiful southeastern Missouri Ozarks. In case of medical need, residents are well cared for by a hospital, county medical center, a nearby Veterans hospital, and a retirement home for elderly. Business and industry is widely varied. We have several automobile agencies, a plastic factory, machine shop, saw mills, lumber markets, a dry-cleaning plant, and other firms that offer both service and employment. A fine network of highways serve the needs of our business community.
Agriculture is well serviced by farm equipment agencies and produce markets.
The area soils are mostly black and brown lime silt with a clay subsoil, and will produce any crop that can grow outside the tropics. Thriving crops are corn, cotton, barley, rye, soybeans, wheat, oats, cowpeas, alfalfa, clover, lespedeza, tame grasses, cantaloupes, watermelons, fruits, berries, and all kinds of vegetables. Mild winters and pleasant summers furnish about 220 growing days and 50 inches of rainfall each year. This, together with the rich soil and plenty of water, makes Ripley County on the best sections of Missouri for diversified farming. Recreation knows no bounds.