Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Riverdale came from various goverment sources (US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Riverdale in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Riverdale. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Riverdale data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Riverdale:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Riverdale is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Riverdale in these Censuses: 1990. See our Census Page for Riverdale for more information.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Riverdale. See our Misc Page for Riverdale for more information.