Riverside, San Juan County, New Mexico

Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States

36°58′57″N 107°52′31″W / 36.98250°N 107.87528°W / 36.98250; -107.87528CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCounty San JuanElevation

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5,968 ft (1,819 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP codes

87410

Area code505GNIS feature ID902344^[1]

Riverside (Hendricks) is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.^[2] It is on the right bank of the Animas River, approximately one mile south of the Colorado border on U.S. Route 550, at its intersection with county roads 2090 and 2093.^[3] The nearest settlement is Cedar Hill, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south.^[4]

History

Until circa 1876, the area was generally acknowledged to be the land of the Jicarilla Apache and their Ute allies; in 1887, it was officially excluded from the Jicarillas' new reservation.^[5] Anglo settlement began shortly thereafter. Riverside had its own post office starting from 1905 until 1938.^[2]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riverside, San Juan County, New Mexico
^ ^a ^b Julyan, Robert (1998). "Riverside (San Juan County)". The Place Names of New Mexico (revised ed.). Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-8263-1689-1.
^ Mount Nebo Quadrangle, New Mexico – Colorado (Map) (provisional 1985 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 minutes series (topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1985.
^ "Riverside in San Juan County, NM". NM Hometown locator. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013.
^ Pritzker, Barry M. (2000). A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.
^ See United States Official Postal Guide. United States Post Office. 1908. p. 557. and others.