Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Riverton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Riverton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Riverton is located in Fremont County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fremont County: Mills, Page, Atchison (MO), Cass (NE) & Otoe (NE).
Below are the counties that are near Riverton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverton:
- Fremont County (The home county of Riverton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Farragut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- High Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Thurman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Percival
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tabor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Imogene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McPaul
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McPaul is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPaul
- Mills County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Clark
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Malvern
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hastings
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hastings is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Emerson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mills is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills
- Pacific Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pacific City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Folsom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Coburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Red Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Coin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Coin is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Essex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blanchard is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Tarkio City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tarkio City is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarkio City
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yorktown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- College Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- College Springs is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Nyman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nyman is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyman
- Clarinda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shambaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Shambaugh is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shambaugh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Braddyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Atchison County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Farmers City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Watson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Westboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Phelps City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Rock Port
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tarkio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Holt County (MO)
- Corning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Corning is located in Holt County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Nodaway County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Elmo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Clearmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cass County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Bluff is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Murray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nehawka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mynard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mynard is located in Cass County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynard
- Plattsmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nemaha County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Julian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Julian is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Brownville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nemaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <1>
- Brock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rohrs is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrs
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Deroin is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Deroin
- Howe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howe is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Johnson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otoe County (NE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Nebraska City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lorton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Talmage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverton, see our County-by-County Page for Riverton.
Cemeteries Near Riverton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Riverton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Riverton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stauch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Redd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Means Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wesleyan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buckham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lovelady Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Frost Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Utterback Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fremont County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Austin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Farragut Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Sidney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Benson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Riverton had a population of 560 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Riverton had a population of 270 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverton, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.
- Farragut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sidney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- High Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Minersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Minersville is located in Otoe County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Thurman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Percival
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Watson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Tabor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Northboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Riverton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Riverton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Riverton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Riverton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Riverton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Riverton:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Fremont County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Mills County
- Montgomery County
- Page County
- Atchison County
- Holt County
- Nodaway County
- Cass County
- Nemaha County
- Otoe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |