The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRiverdale Township is a township in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 338 at the 2000 census. Riverdale Township was organized in 1869, and named after the Watonwan River.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 294 to 283 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1949.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Riverdale 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.
Start Riverdale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverdale’s history is told.
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Riverdale, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Riverdale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Riverdale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nelson and Albin Cooperative Mercantile Association Store in Nelson, 5.1 miles away.
Riverdale and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.