Mill Creek flows generally west-northwestward in a winding course through central and western Jackson County, through the city of Ripley, which may have been named for Harry Ripley, a traveling preacher said to have drowned in the creek in 1830.
Mill Creek meanders from west-northwest to east-southeast across central and western Jackson County, potentially honoring Harry Ripley, a preacher presumed to have perished in the stream during 1830.