Riverside, Fountain County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

40°19′30″N 87°09′58″W / 40.32500°N 87.16611°W / 40.32500; -87.16611CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyFountainTownship DavisElevation

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568 ft (173 m)ZIP code

47918

FIPS code18-64836^[2]GNIS feature ID442081^[1]

Riverside is a small unincorporated community on the border of Davis Township and Logan Township in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.

History

Riverside was originally called Fountain City, and under the latter name was established in the 1850s when the Wabash Railroad was extended to that point.^[3] The post office was established as Riverside in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1946.^[4]^[5]

Geography

Riverside is located a little more than half a mile south of the Wabash River. Independence Station is in Riverside and dates from the time the Wabash Railroad was built to this point in 1854.^[3] The larger town of Independence is opposite Riverside on the north bank of the Wabash.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riverside, Fountain County, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Beckwith, Hiram Williams (1881). History of Fountain County: Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts ... H. H. Hill and N. Iddings. p. 448.
^ "Fountain County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...closed on February 28, 1946.