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Welcome to Riverpark ...

Riverpark is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Riverpark is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverpark, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Riverpark is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Riverpark lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Riverpark: 417

Communities near Riverpark ...

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

  • Springfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Nixa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Nixa is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
    • Former name for Nixa:
    • Faught
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <3>
  • Ozark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ozark is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Republic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Battlefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rogersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Clever
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clever is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <3>
  • Strafford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sparta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riverpark ...

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

Adding Riverpark to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riverpark in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Riverpark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Riverpark post office opened in 1902. The Riverpark post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverpark.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riverpark - 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/