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So far, we found very little information about Riverside. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Riverside to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riverside, please Contact Us.

Riverside was located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Riverside would have been located within present day Bonner County<2>.


The location of Riverside has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

When the people of Riverside referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Riversider<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Riverside is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Riverside is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Riverside was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Riverside (for example, toward Libby (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Riverside would have been located in the (208) and (986)<6> area codes.

Communities Also Named Riverside ...

While we believe that this Riverside is located in Bonner County, we know of another 3 Idaho communities named Riverside. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bingham, Canyon and Clearwater County.

Beyond Idaho, there are 195 communities that are also named Riverside - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas (4), British Columbia, California (6), Colorado (3), Connecticut (3), Delaware, Florida (6), Georgia (9), Illinois, Indiana (5), Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Kentucky (3), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (6), Michigan (3), Minnesota (3), Mississippi (2), Missouri (5), Montana (6), Nebraska (3), Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (6), New Mexico (5), New York (7), North Carolina (5), North Dakota, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (7), Oregon (4), Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island, South Carolina (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (3), Utah (4), Vermont (3), Virginia (7), Washington (6), West Virginia (7), Wisconsin (3) and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Riverside ...

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

  • Sandpoint
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spirit Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spirit Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Lake
    • Spirit Lake is located in Kootenai County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,559 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spirit Lake <7>
  • Newport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <7>
  • Priest River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ponderay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kootenai
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Bonner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <7>
  • Athol
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Oldtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
    • Oldtown is located in Bonner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oldtown <7>
  • Wrencoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
    • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County

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

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

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

Adding Riverside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riverside in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Riverside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Riverside post office opened in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverside.

The official website for Bonner County: www.co.bonner.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Riverside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bonner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Riverside refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Riverside may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riverside - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>Area code (986) is an overlay for area code (208).
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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