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Nearby Communities in the 1890s


We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.

If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>

While we didn't find Riverton in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Riverton. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Riverton listed first.

  • Deerwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brainerd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Baxter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Baxter is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <2>
  • Garrison
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nichols
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nichols is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
  • Crow Wing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crow Wing is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Wing
  • Aitkin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Saint Mathias
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Mathias is located in Crow Wing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mathias
  • Pillager
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rossburg
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Rossburg is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossburg
  • Vineland
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Vineland is located in Mille Lacs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
  • Pine River
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Ripley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Malmo
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Malmo is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
  • Kimberly
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Kimberly is located in Aitkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Motley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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