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History · Riverview

1 of Riverview’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Mountain Fire Lookout Tower. Most of Riverview was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1973 on.

1on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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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.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 725 to 819 (+13%).

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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 in 1973

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

Riverview on the 1973 USGS map1973Mountain 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.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Riverview

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Mountain Fire Lookout Tower
Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, built 1932
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Fire Lookout Tower1
Mountain Fire Lookout TowerFire Lookout Tower · Built 1932

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Riverview

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

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Dan HaggertyAmerican actor · b. 1942
Pete BanaszakAmerican football player · b. 1944
Russ BauersAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
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Jeff VanVonderenAmerican writer · b. 1952
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mountain3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakewood2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDotyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStephensonIts storyC−TownsendIts storyD

Questions about Riverview’s history

What is on the National Register in Riverview?

One place: the Mountain Fire Lookout Tower (listed 2008).

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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.