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Welcome to Riffle ...Riffle is located in Clay County<1>. The location of Riffle has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Riffle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Riffle is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Riffle lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Riffle (for example, toward Vincennes (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The area code for Riffle: (618) Communities Also Named Riffle ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Riffle - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riffle. Communities near Riffle ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riffle.
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 Riffle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riffle. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riffle. 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 Riffle. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Riffle. See our Newspapers Page for Riffle. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riffle ...Looking for more information about Riffle? 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 Riffle, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riffle. Adding Riffle to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Riffle 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 Riffle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Riffle in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Riffle. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riffle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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