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History · Riverview

Riverview was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of Riverview was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1970.

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How Riverview began

When was Riverview founded?

1970

Riverview first appears in the census in 1970.

First census: 110 in 19702020 census: 16356 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Riverview’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Riverview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverview’s history is told.

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The story so far

Riverview, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Riverview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Riverview is a town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Riverview had a population of 163.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 184 to 163 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Riverview on the map, 1960 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Riverview. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Riverview on the 1960 USGS mapRiverview on the 1978 USGS mapRiverview on the 1986 USGS map1960Brewton South sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Riverview.

People over time

Riverview, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 184

Between 90 and 184 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Riverview’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Riverview’s history

What year was Riverview founded?

The Riverview post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.