Welcome to Riverside ...
So far, we found very little information about Riverside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Riverside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riverside, please Contact Us.
Riverside would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.
The location of Riverside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverside, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.
When the people of Riverside referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Riversider<4>
While the community is gone, the present day location for Riverside is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Riverside is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Riverside was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Riverside, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
The location where Riverside once stood is in the (406) area code.
Communities Also Named Riverside ...
While we believe that this Riverside is located in Lincoln County, we know of another 5 Montana communities named Riverside. Those communities are located in the following counties: Gallatin, Missoula, Musselshell, Ravalli and Valley County.
Beyond Montana, there are 195 communities that are also named Riverside - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (4), British Columbia, California (6), Colorado (3), Connecticut (3), Delaware, Florida (6), Georgia (9), Idaho (4), Illinois, Indiana (5), Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Kentucky (3), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (6), Michigan (3), Minnesota (3), Mississippi (2), Missouri (5), Nebraska (3), Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (6), New Mexico (5), New York (7), North Carolina (5), North Dakota, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (7), Oregon (4), Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island, South Carolina (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (3), Utah (4), Vermont (3), Virginia (7), Washington (6), West Virginia (7), Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riverside.
Communities near Riverside ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riverside.
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <6>
- Newgate
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Roosville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Grasmere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Fortine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortine
- Fortine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortine <6>
- Kragmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragmont
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Trego
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
- Trego is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trego <6>
- Baynes Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baynes Lake
- Yaak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaak
- Yaak is located in Lincoln County
Adding Riverside to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Riverside in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Riverside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>
From that list, the Riverside post office opened in 1896.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverside.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lincoln County: www.lincolncountymt.us/
The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Riverside refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Riverside may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <5> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riverside - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <8> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <9> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |