Riverton, Missouri

Riverton is an extinct town in Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1] The site is located on U.S. Route 160 on the west side of the crossing over the Eleven Point River.[2]

Riverton was founded in the 1920s, taking its name from Riverton, Wyoming.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riverton
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.