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History · Riverton

Riverton’s post office opened in 1919, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Riverton was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980.

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How Riverton began

When was Riverton founded?

1919

The Riverton post office opened in 1919, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 771107 years
Founding year: the first Riverton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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The story so far

Riverton, in brief

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

Riverton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 771. It is located at the junction of K-66, U.S. Route 69 Alternate (US 69 Alt.), and US 400, near the Spring River.

Its first post office opened in 1919. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 929 to 771 (-17%).

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

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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 National Register

1 historic place in Riverton

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

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Riverton

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

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Langston HughesAmerican writer and social activist · b. 1901
Robert CummingsAmerican actor · b. 1910
Dennis WeaverAmerican actor · b. 1924
Pauline StarkeAmerican actress · b. 1901
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Travis WebbAmerican racing driver · b. 1910
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Lee ScottAmerican businessman · b. 1949
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

LowellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGarden Township1 historic placeB

Questions about Riverton’s history

What year was Riverton founded?

The Riverton post office opened in 1919, 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 →