Welcome to Riffe ...

So far, we found very little information about Riffe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Riffe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riffe, please Contact Us.

Riffe would have been located within present day Lewis County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riffe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Riffe is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Riffe was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Riffe was located: 360 & 564<4>

Communities Also Named Riffe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Riffe - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Riffe ...

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

Morton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Morton is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <5>
Mossyrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mossyrock is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossyrock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mossyrock <5>
Cinebar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cinebar is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinebar
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Wilson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
Glenoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Glenoma is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenoma
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenoma <5>
Silver Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Creek <5>
Salkum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Salkum is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkum
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salkum <5>
Lacamas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lacamas is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacamas
Mineral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
Ethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ethel is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ethel <5>

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

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

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

Adding Riffe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riffe 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 (so far) for Riffe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Riffe post office opened in 1898. The Riffe post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riffe.

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 Riffe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riffe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Riffe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Riffe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>	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/