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History · Riverside

Riverside dates to 1995

More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #974 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Most of Riverside was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1904 on and the census since 1930.

1995founded
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Photo: Tony Alter · CC BY 2.0
Quick answers

How Riverside began

When was Riverside founded?

1995

Riverside dates its founding to 1995 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 224 in 19302020 census: 24,47431 years

How historic is Riverside?

D

More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1850.
History grade

What drives Riverside’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Riverside is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #974 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Riverside’s overall grade.
Founding era1995, from Wikidata: founded 1945 or later, an older era than 2% of U.S. townsD−Homes built before 19404.7% of homes (±1.7) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 9%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 2%

Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Riverside’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1995.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±1.7 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Riverside’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 Riverside are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Riverside, and 12 old place names are still on the map.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.Old housesHalf of Riverside’s homes were built before 1963.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Riverside’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverside’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Harshmanville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
AvondaleBeverly GardensClementCrown Village Mobile ParkDrive In Mobile Home ParkFour Oaks Mobile Home ParkHooks CornerLaws Mobile Home ParkMcMahan Mobile Home ParkPage ManorSherman's Trailer ParkWright Patterson Mobile Home Park
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Riverside
Beth JacobCooksDilleHarshmanKemp

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

People over time

Riverside, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00019401960198020002020370 in 1950Low: 259

Lost a third of its people between 1950 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story so far

Riverside, in brief

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

Riverside is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 24,474 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Dayton, it is part of the Dayton metropolitan area.

Riverside was established in 1995. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 25,201 to 24,474 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Riverside, 1850 to 2010

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Harshmanville post office opens
  3. 1864Born hereDaniel Thew Wright is born here
  4. 1875Born hereLaurence Halstead is born here
  5. 1883Post officeThe Harshmanville post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1995
    FoundingRiverside is established
  9. 21st century
  10. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 25,201
By decade

Riverside, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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On the map

Riverside on the map in 1904

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Riverside.

Riverside on the 1904 USGS map1904Dayton 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 Riverside.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Riverside

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Daniel Thew WrightUnited States federal judge · b. 1864
Laurence HalsteadAmerican military officer · b. 1875
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Dayton111 historic placesA+Huber Heights4 historic placesC−Harrison Township1 historic placeBBeavercreek TownshipIts storyD−BeavercreekIts storyD−Wright-Patterson AFB4 historic placesBBath Township8 historic placesB+Kettering4 historic placesC−

Questions about Riverside’s history

What year was Riverside founded?

In 1995, according to Wikidata. Riverside’s post office opened in 1850, and the census of 1930 counted 224 people here.

How does Riverside rank for history?

Riverside is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #974 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Riverside?

5% of Riverside’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1963.

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.