Riverton is the name of several places:
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Riverton, South Australia
Riverton is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia, in the Gilbert Valley. It is situated on the Gilbert River, from which the town derives its name. Both the Gilbert Valley and Gilbert River were named after South Australian pioneer ...
, a small town and former railway junction in the mid north of South Australia
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Riverton, Western Australia
Riverton is a southeastern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Canning.
Location
Riverton is situated about from Perth. The Canning River makes some of its north eastern boundary. It ...
, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia
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Electoral district of Riverton
Riverton is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Riverton is named for the southern Perth suburb of Riverton which falls within its borders.
History
Riverton was created at the 1988 redistribution, replacing th ...
, an electorate of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, centred on the suburb
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Riverton, Manitoba
Riverton is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015. It is located approximately 110 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Th ...
, a small village
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Riverton, Nova Scotia
Riverton is an unincorporated rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifa ...
, a small community in Pictou County
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Riverton City, Jamaica
;In New Zealand
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Riverton / Aparima, a small town at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand
;In South Africa
*Riverton, a resort on the Vaal River outside
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km east of the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The city has considerable historical significance due to it ...
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Riverton, California
Riverton (formerly, Moore's Station and Moores) is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the American River west of Kyburz, at an elevation of 3238 feet (987 m). The ZIP code is ...
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Riverton, Connecticut
Riverton is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northwest corner of the town, bordered to the north by the town of Hartland in Hartf ...
, a community in the town of Barkhamsted
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Riverton Historic District (Barkhamsted, Connecticut)
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Riverton, Illinois
Riverton is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,455 at the 2010 census, up from 3,062 in 2000. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Riverton was founded by John Ta ...
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Riverton, Indiana
Riverton is an unincorporated community in Gill Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Riverton was laid out in 1887, and was named after its loc ...
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Riverton, Iowa
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Iowa, United States, along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 245 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Riverton was laid out in 1870.
The 1881 robbery of the Sexton Bank at Riverton was ini ...
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Riverton, Kansas
Riverton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 771. It is located at the junction of K-66 (former U.S. Route 66) and U.S. Route 6 ...
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Riverton, Kentucky
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Riverton, Minnesota
Riverton is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Riverton is located between Brainerd and Ironton, where the Mississippi Riv ...
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Riverton, Missouri
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Riverton, Nebraska
Riverton is a village in Franklin County, Nebraska, Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 89 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
A post office was established in Riverton in 1871. Riverton was incorporate ...
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Riverton, New Jersey
Riverton is a borough located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 2,779,[Riverton, New York Riverton, New York, was a planned community built in 1973 in the town of Henrietta, New York, along the Genesee River. Riverton was seventh of the thirteen communities receiving federal guarantee assistance from HUD as part of their New Communities ...]
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Riverton Houses
The Riverton Houses is a large (originally 1,232 unit) residential development in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
Ownership
The project was proposed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944, and largely served an African American p ...
, a residential development in New York City
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Riverton, Oregon
Riverton is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 42S, about up the Coquille River from Bandon. Route 42S is the former alignment of U.S. Route 101.
The townsite of Riverton was platted in 1889. ...
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Riverton, Utah
Riverton is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 45,285 as of the 2020 census. Riverton is located in the rapidly growing southwestern corner of ...
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Riverton, Washington
Riverton was a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. 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 River ...
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Riverton, West Virginia
Riverton is an unincorporated community on the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Riverton lies along U.S. Highway 33/ West Virginia Route 28 in the Monongahela National Forest.
Climate
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Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The city's population was 10,682 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in the county.
History
The city, founded in 1906, is an incorporated entity of the state of Wyoming. ...
Riverton may also refer to:
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Riverton Prize The Riverton Prize ( no, Rivertonprisen) is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story (novel, short story, play, original screenplay).
The prize is named after the Norwegian journalist and author Sven Elvestad
Sven Elv ...
, a Norwegian crime fiction award
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Mia Riverton
Mia Riverton is an American film actress and producer, best known for her role in the 2005 film ''Red Doors''.
Personal life
Riverton was born Esther Tonia Riggin in Columbus, Ohio on November 22, 1977. Her mother, Alice Riggin, is an immigrant ...
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Rivertown (disambiguation)
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Town River
The Town River is a river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. It flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 from the northeast end of Lake Nippeni ...
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