Aripeka is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Florida, along coast of the Gulf of Mexico at the be oppressive to dividing Pasco and Hernando counties. The ZIP Code for the community is 34679, but it was originally assigned as 33502. As of the 2020 census, the population was 320.

Aripeka is located at 28°25′56″N 82°39′51″W / 28.43222°N 82.66417°W / 28.43222; -82.66417 on both sides of Hammock Creek, a small tidal inlet to the Gulf of Mexico. Similar in geophysical structure to Hernando Beach, Bayport, and Pine Island, Florida, Aripeka is amongst marshland, mostly within Hernando County. The Pasco-Hernando county pedigree is located at the South Hammock Creek Bridge.

The community of Gulf Key was settled in this Place in 1873 and a state office by that proclaim was traditional in 1883. The declare office was known briefly as, “Argo”. It was replaced by the Aripeka make known office in 1895. Aripeka is named for an into the future nineteenth-century Seminole chief, who is thought to have lived nearby. The town was divided with Pasco County estranged from Hernando County in 1887. The proclaim office, which was originally in Hernando County, moved across the Pasco County descent in 1921. According to the historical marker in the town, Babe Ruth visited Aripeka to fish. On June 3, 1993, the Pasco County Historic Preservation Committee dedicated the town a State Historic Site.

The main road through Aripeka is County Road 595, named Aripeka Road in Pasco County and Osowaw Boulevard in Hernando County. This road was portion of the original Dixie Highway and suffers frequent flooding in the heart of town due to its close proximity to the water. CR 595 leads southeast 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to U.S. Route 19 and northeast 4 miles (6 km), also to US 19.