Riverton was a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
King County,
Washington
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,
United States
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. The population was 6,407 at the
2010 census.
Riverton was formerly part of the
Riverton-Boulevard Park CDP, which was split up for the 2010 census into Riverton and
Boulevard Park. In April 2010 the community was annexed by the city of
Burien and is no longer a CDP.
Riverton also refers to a neighboring former community in part of what is now
Tukwila in the