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Welcome to South Riley ...

South Riley is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Riley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for South Riley: S. Riley

South Riley is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near South Riley ...

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

  • Lansing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • East Lansing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Johns
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Ledge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • De Witt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Portland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Potterville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ovid
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ovid is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <3>
  • Laingsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Dimondale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Riley ...

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

Adding South Riley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of South Riley 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 (so far) for South Riley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the South Riley post office opened in 1857. The South Riley post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Riley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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