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Riverside

Ghost town · Gibson County, Tennessee

Yorkville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Yorkville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Riverside is a ghost town in Gibson County, Tennessee. It is one of 4 former communities in Gibson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 59th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Riverside as a historical populated place on the Yorkville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.0390° N, 89.1065° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleYorkville
Elevation290 ft
Nearest living townYorkville, TN
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1312586
Coordinates36.03896, -89.10646

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What's there now

Riverside is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Yorkville, TN (population 304), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 290 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Riverside?

Riverside is in Gibson County, Tennessee, at 36.0390, -89.1065.

How many ghost towns are in Gibson County?

Gibson County, Tennessee has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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