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Welcome to Riley ...

Riley is located in Hancock County<1>.

Riley is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Riley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Riley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Riley: This one is located in Hancock County and the other is located in Vigo County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 23 communities that are also named Riley - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Riley ...

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

  • Fishers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Shelbyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Warsaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Warsaw is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <3>
  • Beech Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • McCordsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Rushville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pendleton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Fortville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riley ...

Looking for more information about Riley? 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 Riley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.