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Welcome to Riviera ...

Riviera is located in Mohave County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riviera, you might consider that their post office opened in 1976.

Riviera is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Riviera lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Riviera (for example, toward Needles (CA)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Riviera: 928

Communities Also Named Riviera ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Riviera - they are located in California (2), Florida, Quebec (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Riviera ...

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

  • Needles
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Needles is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needles
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,942 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needles <3>
  • Fort Mohave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Laughlin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Katherine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Katherine is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katherine
  • Mesquite Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mesquite Creek is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite Creek
  • Mohave Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mojave Ranch Estates
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mojave Ranch Estates is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave Ranch Estates
  • Willow Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Willow Valley is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
  • Oatman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Oldtrails ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oldtrails is located in Mohave County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtrails

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riviera ...

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

Adding Riviera to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Riviera post office opened in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riviera.

Footnotes ...

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