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Welcome to East Riverside ...

East Riverside is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Riverside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for East Riverside: E. Riverside

East Riverside is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named East Riverside ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Riverside - it's located in California.

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

Communities near East Riverside ...

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

  • Uniontown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Connellsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Monessen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monessen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monessen
    • Monessen is located in Westmoreland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,176 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monessen <3>
  • California
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Donora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donora
    • Donora is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donora <3>
  • Monongahela
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monongahela have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monongahela
    • Monongahela is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monongahela <3>
  • Charleroi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Waynesburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
    • Waynesburg is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesburg <3>
  • Masontown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Riverside ...

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

Adding East Riverside to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Riverside post office opened in 1874.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Riverside.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Riverside - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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