Welcome to Riverton ...Riverton is located in Colbert County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Riverton is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Riverton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Riverton: 256 & 938<3> Communities Also Named Riverton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Riverton - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riverton. Communities near Riverton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riverton.
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 Riverton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riverton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riverton. 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 Riverton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverton. See our Newspapers Page for Riverton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riverton ...Looking for more information about Riverton? 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 Riverton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riverton. Adding Riverton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Riverton 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 Riverton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverton. Footnotes ...
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