Cherepanovo (Russian: Черепа́ново) is a town and the administrative center of Cherepanovsky District in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located 109 kilometers (68 mi) southeast of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast.

[9] It was founded in 1912 due to the construction of a railway between Novonikolayevsk and Barnaul.

[citation needed] The Cherepanovo station was opened in 1915.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Cherepanovsky District as the Town of Cherepanovo.

[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Cherepanovo is incorporated within Cherepanovsky Municipal District as Cherepanovo Urban Settlement.