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Welcome to River Junction ...

River Junction is located in Gadsden County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of River Junction, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for River Junction: River Jct. (or less commonly used: River Jctn.)

River Junction is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: River Junction lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While River Junction is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for River Junction: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named River Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named River Junction - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Oregon and Texas.

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

Communities near River Junction ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for River Junction ...

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

Adding River Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of River Junction 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 for River Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the River Junction post office opened in 1884.

We also found River Junction in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for River Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Gadsden, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around River Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the River Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the River Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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