Riverside, San Juan County, New Mexico
Riverside | |
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Coordinates: 36°58′57″N 107°52′31″W / 36.98250°N 107.87528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | San Juan |
Elevation | 5,968 ft (1,819 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 87410 |
Area code | 505 |
GNIS feature ID | 902344[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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.