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Welcome to Riggsville ...

Riggsville is located in Cheboygan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riggsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Riggsville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Riggsville: 231

Communities Also Named Riggsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Riggsville - they are located in Maine and New York.

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

Communities near Riggsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riggsville ...

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

Adding Riggsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riggsville 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 Riggsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Riggsville post office opened in 1880.

We also found Riggsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riggsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Cheboygan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riggsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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