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Welcome to Riderwood ...

Riderwood is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riderwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Riderwood is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Riderwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Riderwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Riderwood - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riderwood.

Communities near Riderwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riderwood.

  • Butler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lisman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lisman is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
  • Pennington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Gilbertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Toxey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Toxey is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Needham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Needham is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Pushmataha
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
  • Cromwell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
  • Red Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
  • Jachin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jachin is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jachin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Riderwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riderwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riderwood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riderwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Riderwood. See our Newspapers Page for Riderwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riderwood ...

Looking for more information about Riderwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Riderwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riderwood.

Adding Riderwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riderwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Riderwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Riderwood post office opened in 1916. The Riderwood post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riderwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riderwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/