Do you know of Riverhead ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Riverhead. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Riverhead.<1>

Our sources for Riverhead (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Riverhead other than they indicate that Riverhead would be found somewhere in Hillsborough County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Riverhead ...

We found three communities that share the name Riverhead.

Within Florida, the name Riverhead is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other ten communities are located in  Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Suffolk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Riverhead [Suffolk County].
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Riverhead.
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Riverhead.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Riverhead ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Riverhead:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Riverhead - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Hillsborough County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hillsborough County.