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Riverview’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Riverview is a town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Riverview had a population of 163.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 184 to 163 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Riverview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Riverview, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Riverview is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Riverview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Brewton Historic Commercial District in Brewton, 3 miles away.

Riverview and the nearest listed places

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Brewton Historic Commercial DistrictFidelis SchoolCommercial Hotel-Hart HotelAlger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic DistrictJohnston, Asa, FarmhouseAtmore Commercial Historic District

Closest to Riverview

Brewton Historic Commercial DistrictBrewton · District3miFidelis SchoolFidelis · Building9.3miCommercial Hotel-Hart HotelFlomaton · Building11.5miAlger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic DistrictCentury · District12.4miJohnston, Asa, FarmhouseCastleberry · Greek Revival19.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Brewton Historic Commercial District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Riverview?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Riverview’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 East Brewton📜 Brewton📜 Pollard📜 Jay
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