Do you know of Riverton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Riverton. 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 Riverton.
Our sources for Riverton (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 Riverton other than they indicate that Riverton would be found somewhere in Floyd County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1860.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Riverton ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Riverton.
There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Riverton.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 38 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Riverton [Fremont County].
- Fremont County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Riverton [Colbert County].
- Arkansas
- Riverton #1
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Riverton.
- California
- El Dorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Riverton [El Dorado County].
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Riverton [Litchfield County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverton [Sangamon County].
- Indiana
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Riverton [Sullivan County].
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Riverton [Cherokee County].
- Reno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Riverton [Reno County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Caldwell Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Riverton [Caldwell Parish].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Riverton [Cumberland County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Riverton.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Riverton [Mason County].
- Minnesota
- Crow Wing County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Riverton [Crow Wing County].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Riverton [Bolivar County].
- Coahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Riverton [Coahoma County].
- Missouri
- Buchanan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Riverton [Buchanan County].
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Riverton [Lafayette County].
- Oregon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Riverton [Oregon County].
- Nebraska
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Riverton [Franklin County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Riverton [Coos County].
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Riverton [Burlington County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Riverton.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Riverton [Coos County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverton [Allegheny County].
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverton [Cumberland County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverton [Northampton County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Riverton.
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Riverton [Fentress County].
- Texas
- Reeves County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Riverton [Reeves County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Riverton [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Riverton [Warren County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Riverton [King County].
- West Virginia
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Riverton [Pendleton County].
- Wyoming
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Riverton [Fremont County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Riverton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Riverton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
More Orphans in Floyd County ...
Can you help?
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 Floyd County.
| Beelar's Grove | |
| Maple Heights | |
| Cedar View | |
| Chickasaw Siding | Niles |
| Nora Springs Junction | |
| Ernie | |
| Ripley | |
| Flood Creek | |
| Floyd Station | Scott |
| Gilmantown | Waller |
| West Charles City | |
| Hackberry |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Riverton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |