Riepetown is a ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.

[1][2] Riepetown is located on former State Route 485, 3 miles southwest of its junction with U.S. Route 50; 5 miles northwest of Ely.

[3] Riepetown was named for Richard A. Riepe, a first-generation German immigrant who surveyed the land in this area.

[4] Riepetown was not a company town and thus played host to businesses banned in other mining communities, such as brothels and saloons.

It was decimated by a massive fire in 1917, and though portions were rebuilt, the town gradually depopulated.