Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Riverside came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Riverside in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Riverside. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Riverside data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Riverside:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Riverside is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Riverside in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Riverside for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Riverside. See our Misc Page for Riverside for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Riverside:

The following routes mentioned Riverside as a scheduled stop:

The City of Los Angeles: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Los Angeles (train schedule from 1938). The City of Los Angeles travelled between Chicago (IL) and Los Angeles (CA)

The City of Saint Louis: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct City of Saint Louis (train schedule from 1967). The City of Saint Louis travelled between Saint Louis (MO) and Los Angeles (CA)

The Gold Coast Limited: From Union Pacific Railroad timetable for the defunct Gold Coast Limited (schedule from 1951). The Gold Coast Limited travelled between Chicago (IL) and San Francisco (CA)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Riverside: www.riversideca.gov/

The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/