Ripton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 739 at the 2020 census. Ripton is located in east-central Addison County, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point in the town is the 3,835-foot summit of Bread Loaf Mountain. The mountain lends its name to the community of Bread Loaf and to the writers' con…Ripton is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 739 at the 2020 census. Ripton is located in east-central Addison County, in the Green Mountains of Vermont. The highest point in the town is the 3,835-foot summit of Bread Loaf Mountain. The mountain lends its name to the community of Bread Loaf and to the writers' conference that is held there every summer. Although the approach to Middlebury Gap begins in Ripton, the Gap's height-of-land is in neighboring Hancock.