Riverdale, Kansas
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Riverdale is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Sumner County, Kansas Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wellington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382. The county is named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who was a leader of ...
, United States. It is located approximately six miles southwest of Belle Plaine at the intersection of N Sand Plum Rd and 77th Ave N, or west of
U.S. Route 81 U.S. Route 81 or U.S. Highway 81 (US 81) is a major north–south U.S. highway that extends for in the central United States and is one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926 by the American Association of Sta ...
, adjacent to the railroad.


History

A post office was opened in Riverdale in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1973. A railroad currently passes through the community, north to south, from Wichita to
Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
. Previously a railroad passed through the community, east to west, from Belle Plaine to Conway Springs.


Education

The community is served by Wellington USD 353 public school district.


References


Further reading


External links


Sumner County website
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