Official Name: | Riverside, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Fountain County |
Pushpin Label: | Riverside |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Riverside's location in Fountain County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fountain |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Davis |
Coordinates: | 40.325°N -87.1661°W |
Elevation Ft: | 568 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47918 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-64836[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 442081 |
Riverside is a small unincorporated community on the border of Davis Township and Logan Township in Fountain County, Indiana, United States.
Riverside was originally called Fountain City, and under the latter name was established in the 1850s when the Wabash Railroad was extended to that point.[2] The post office was established as Riverside in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1946.[3] [4]
Riverside is located a little more than half a mile south of the Wabash River. Independence Station is in Riverside and dates from the time the Wabash Railroad was built to this point in 1854. The larger town of Independence is opposite Riverside on the north bank of the Wabash.