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we pass this GPS location for Riverdale:
36.814037, -76.251606
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We found 68 communities that share the name Riverdale.
There are five communities within Virginia that are also named Riverdale.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 63 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 63 communities, 63 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Halifax County
This Riverdale is located in Halifax County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Riverdale.
Hampton City
This Riverdale is located in Hampton City and lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Riverdale.
Prince George County
This Riverdale is located in Prince George County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Riverdale.
Roanoke City
This Riverdale is located in Roanoke City and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Riverdale.
Southampton County
This Riverdale is located in Southampton County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Riverdale.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
DeKalb County
This Riverdale is located in DeKalb County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Riverdale.
Tuscaloosa County
This Riverdale is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Riverdale.
Arkansas
Sebastian County
This Riverdale is located in Sebastian County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Riverdale.
California
Fresno County
This Riverdale is located in Fresno County and lies 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Riverdale.
Mendocino County
This Riverdale is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,550 miles [4,103.8 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Riverdale.
Colorado
Bent County
This Riverdale is located in Bent County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bent County community of Riverdale.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Riverdale is located in Middlesex County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Riverdale.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Riverdale is located in Sussex County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Riverdale.
Florida
Hernando County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Riverdale [Hernando County].
Pasco County
This Riverdale is located in Pasco County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Riverdale.
Saint Johns County
This Riverdale is located in Saint Johns County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Riverdale.
Georgia
Clayton County
This Riverdale is located in Clayton County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Riverdale.
Dougherty County
This Riverdale is located in Dougherty County and lies 581 miles [935 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Riverdale.
Idaho
Benewah County
This Riverdale is located in Benewah County and lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Riverdale.
Franklin County
This Riverdale is located in Franklin County and lies 1,917 miles [3,085.1 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Riverdale.
Oneida County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Riverdale [Oneida County].
Illinois
Cook County
This Riverdale is located in Cook County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Riverdale.
Crawford County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverdale [Crawford County].
Greene County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverdale [Greene County].
Winnebago County
This Riverdale is located in Winnebago County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Riverdale.
Indiana
Sullivan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Riverdale [Sullivan County].
Iowa
Scott County
This Riverdale is located in Scott County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Riverdale.
Kansas
Sumner County
This Riverdale is located in Sumner County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Riverdale.
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Riverdale is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Riverdale.
Prince George's County
This Riverdale is located in Prince George's County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Riverdale.
Massachusetts
Essex County
This Riverdale is located in Essex County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Riverdale.
Hampden County
This Riverdale is located in Hampden County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Riverdale.
Norfolk County
This Riverdale is located in Norfolk County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Riverdale.
Worcester County
This Riverdale is located in Worcester County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km] to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Riverdale.
Michigan
Gratiot County
This Riverdale is located in Gratiot County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Riverdale.
Mississippi
Grenada County
This Riverdale is located in Grenada County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grenada County community of Riverdale.
Missouri
Christian County
This Riverdale is located in Christian County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Riverdale.
Montana
Cascade County
This Riverdale is located in Cascade County and lies 1,931 miles [3,107.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Riverdale.
Nebraska
Buffalo County
This Riverdale is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Riverdale.
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This Riverdale is located in Hillsborough County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Riverdale.
New York
Bronx County
This Riverdale is located in Bronx County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bronx County community of Riverdale.
Oneida County
This Riverdale is located in Oneida County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Riverdale.
Newfoundland and Labrador
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Riverdale.
North Carolina
Craven County
This Riverdale is located in Craven County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Riverdale.
Pitt County
This Riverdale is located in Pitt County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Riverdale.
North Dakota
Dickey County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Riverdale [Dickey County].
McLean County
This Riverdale is located in McLean County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Riverdale.
Nova Scotia
This Riverdale lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Riverdale.
Montgomery County
This Riverdale is located in Montgomery County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Riverdale.
Pike County
This Riverdale is located in Pike County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Riverdale.
Washington County
This Riverdale is located in Washington County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Riverdale.
Wood County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Riverdale [Wood County].
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Riverdale.
Oregon
Multnomah County
This Riverdale is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Riverdale.
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Riverdale [Washington County].
Prince Edward Island
This Riverdale lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Riverdale is located in Beaufort County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Riverdale.
Darlington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Riverdale [Darlington County].
Dillon County
This Riverdale is located in Dillon County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Riverdale.
Orangeburg County
This Riverdale is located in Orangeburg County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Riverdale.
Spartanburg County
This Riverdale is located in Spartanburg County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Riverdale.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Riverdale is located in Knox County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Riverdale.
Rutherford County
This Riverdale is located in Rutherford County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Riverdale.
Texas
Goliad County
This Riverdale is located in Goliad County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goliad County community of Riverdale.
Utah
Weber County
This Riverdale is located in Weber County and lies 1,928 miles [3,102.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Riverdale.
Wyoming
Crook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Riverdale [Crook County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverdale ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Arrowhead (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Riverdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverdale and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Riverdale to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8140, Longitude: -76.2516 In this case, the coordinates for Riverdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Riverdale could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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 Riverdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Riverdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.556 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.74 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.185 degrees.