Riverside is a neighborhood in

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. The West Side neighborhood is contained in a narrow strip of land along the

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between Sayler Park and Sedamsville. It is a community that is more industrial than residential. It is home to St. Vincent De Paul

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Church. Riverside is also home to the

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ball fields. The population was 2,340 at the 2010 census.

History

Riverside incorporated as a village on August 20, 1867, covering : in Delhi Township and in Storrs Township. Peter Zinn was the village's first mayor. The village was annexed by the City of

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

in 1896.

Transportation

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runs directly through all of Riverside. It also has railroad tracks going through and is the main way trains get from the west to Cincinnati. Riverside is also home to the historic

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that was established in 1817. Anderson Ferry is the only ferry in the area and gets people from the westside of Cincinnati to

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References

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