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History · Riverbend

Half of Riverbend’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Riverbend was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Riverbend’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 Riverbend are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Riverbend, in brief

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

Riverbend is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Montana, United States. The population was 455 at the 2020 census. The community uses the ZIP Code of neighboring Superior, 59872.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 484 to 455 (-6%).

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

Riverbend on the map, 1960 to 1999

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

Riverbend on the 1960 USGS mapRiverbend on the 1985 USGS mapRiverbend on the 1999 USGS map1960Superior sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Riverbend, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 484

Between 442 and 484 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Riverbend

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

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Pokey AllenGridiron football player and coach · b. 1943
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Kimberly DudikAmerican legislator and attorney · b. 1974
Ed DiehlAmerican politician
John Melvin YatesUS Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1983-6 · b. 1939
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William S. CrismoreAmerican politician · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cedar MouthOliverville
Gone or out of use
Forty-Mile HouselocaleLynchlocale

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SuperiorIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Riverbend’s history

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 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.