Riverside, San Juan County, New Mexico

Riverside
unincorporated community
Riverside Location within the state of New Mexico
Coordinates: 36°58′56″N 107°52′33″W / 36.98222°N 107.87583°WCoordinates: 36°58′56″N 107°52′33″W / 36.98222°N 107.87583°W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	San Juan
Elevation	5,993 ft (1,827 m)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	87410
Area code(s)	505

Riverside (Hendricks) is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, New Mexico in the southwestern United States.^[1] It is located on the right bank (west side) of the Animas River about one mile south of the Colorado border on U.S. Route 550 at its intersection with county roads 2090 and 2093.^[2] The nearest settlement is Cedar Hill, New Mexico 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south.^[3]

History

Until about 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 Jicarilla's new reservation.^[4] Anglo settlement began shortly thereafter. Riverside had its own post office starting from 1905 until 1938.^[1][5]

References

1. 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.
2. Mount Nebo Quadrangle, New Mexico – Colorado (Map) (provisional 1985 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 minutes series (topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1985.
3. "Riverside in San Juan County, NM". NM Hometown locator. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
4. 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.
5. See United States Official Postal Guide. United States Post Office. 1908. p. 557. and others.