Welcome to Riverton ...

Riverton is located in Buchanan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riverton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

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

Riverton is located in the (816) area code.

Communities Also Named Riverton ...

While we believe that this Riverton is located in Buchanan County, we know of another 2 Missouri communities named Riverton. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lafayette and Oregon County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 40 communities that are also named Riverton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Adding Riverton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riverton 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 for Riverton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Riverton post office opened in 1879.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riverton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Buchanan County: www.co.buchanan.mo.us/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/