Kings Ripton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England.

The prefix "King's" is used to distinguish it from neighbouring Abbots Ripton, which was at one time owned by Ramsey Abbey.

[2] The early Quaker leader James Nayler was buried on 21 October 1660 "in Thomas Parnell's burying-ground at King's Ripton.

[8] Kings Ripton is part of the electoral division of Warboys and Upwood[6] and is represented on the county council by one councillor.

[9] At Westminster Kings Ripton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire,[6] where it is represented by Sam Carling (Labour).