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History · Rivervale

Rivervale’s post office opened in 1938, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Rivervale Inverted Siphons.

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How Rivervale began

When was Rivervale founded?

1938

The Rivervale post office opened in 1938, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 4688 years
Founding year: the first Rivervale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rivervale’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 Rivervale 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 Rivervale’s history is told.

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The story so far

Rivervale, in brief

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

Rivervale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States, approximately five miles north of Lepanto. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 46. The Rivervale Tunnel, an engineering project in which one river flows under another, is located near Rivervale. Rivervale was the birthplace of brothers Earlie and William H. Fires. Earlie became a Hall of Fame jockey, and William, a racehorse trainer.

Its first post office opened in 1938.

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

By decade

Rivervale, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Rivervale

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
1991
Rivervale Inverted Siphons
Rivervale Inverted Siphons
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Rivervale Inverted SiphonsStructure · listed 1991

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Rivervale

Nobody well known was born in Rivervale itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John GrishamAmerican writer · b. 1955
Wes BentleyAmerican actor · b. 1978
Malik MonkAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
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Ed BruceAmerican country music songwriter and singer · b. 1939
Tommy CashAmerican country singer · b. 1940
John Wesley SnyderAmerican businessman · b. 1895

Questions about Rivervale’s history

What year was Rivervale founded?

The Rivervale post office opened in 1938, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Rivervale?

One place: the Rivervale Inverted Siphons (listed 1991).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.