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Welcome to Riverton ...The village of Riverton is located in Sangamon County<1>. The location of Riverton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Riverton: RIV-er-tuhn<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Riverton has a population of 3,447 people<4> (see below for details). Riverton is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Riverton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Riverton is within the boundaries of the (217) area code. The ZIP code for Riverton: 62561<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Riverton had an population of 3,447 people. This is a decrease of 0.23% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.09% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Riverton had a population of 3,455 people. This makes Riverton the county's 6th most populous community. The population of Riverton represents 0.03% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 401st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,455 people, the population of Riverton increased 13.35% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,048 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Riverton. Communities Also Named Riverton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 40 communities that are also named Riverton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riverton. Communities near Riverton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riverton.
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 Riverton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riverton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riverton. 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 Riverton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverton. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Riverton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riverton ...Looking for more information about Riverton? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Riverton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Riverton. Adding Riverton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Riverton 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 Riverton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Riverton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverton. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Sangamon County: www.co.sangamon.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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