Riverside 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
Lincoln County,
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, in the southwestern United States. It is located along the
Rio Hondo that flows east out of the
Sacramento Mountains, the
Sierra Blanca and the
Capitan Mountains of south-central New Mexico. It is on combined routes
U.S. 380 and
U.S. 70, between the town of
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln (na ...
and
Roswell.
The nearest community is Sunset about a mile upstream.
History
The settlement was established after
World War I
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when W. O. Norman opened a
filling station
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Fuel dispensers are used to ...
there, called "Big Hill Filling Station", and a car camp. In 1930 Norman sold his interest and the place was renamed "Riverside Camp", which was soon shortened to "Riverside".
References
Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico
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