From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 14,081. Its county seat is Paxton. Ford County is part of the ChampaignâUrbana, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ripon, WI. Online Offers. Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,828. The City of Ripon's official website claims the city's current population to be 7,701. The city is surrounded by the Town of Ripon. Ripon, named for the English cathedral city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, was founded in 1849 by David P. Mapes, a former New York steamboat captain.
Birthplace of the Republican Party. The Little White Schoolhouse of Ripon, listed on the List of Registered Historic Places. Meeting at a school house in Ripon on February 28, 1854, some 30 opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act called for the organization of a new political party (to link their cause with the Declaration of Independence).