Ripley is a town on Lake Erie in the westernmost part of Chautauqua County, New York, United States.

[2] The town was named after Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a general in the War of 1812.

There are no incorporated villages in the town, but there is one census-designated place: the hamlet of Ripley.

Much of the economy of the town in recent years has been based on growing fruit, especially Concord grapes.

(Clockwise) As of the census of 2000, there were 2,636 people, 1,004 households, and 722 families residing in the town.