RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Monroe County >> RileyIndex...

Welcome to Riley ...

Riley is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Riley is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Riley: 251

Communities Also Named Riley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Riley - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Riley ...

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

  • Monroeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Vredenburgh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Beatrice
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pine Apple
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Oak Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Pine Orchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Orchard is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
  • Lovan ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lovan is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovan
  • McWilliams
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • McWilliams is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
  • Natchez
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Natchez is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
  • Ramah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ramah is located in Conecuh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah

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 Riley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riley. 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 Riley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riley ...

Looking for more information about Riley? 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 Riley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riley.

Adding Riley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riley 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 Riley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Riley post office opened in 1882. The Riley post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riley - 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/