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Riverton, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Riverton a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Riverton Home page. The Riverton Home page provides as much information as possible on Riverton. Knowing Riverton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Riverton’s Home page, you will also find Riverton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Riverton has a population of 3464. 40.3% of Riverton’s inhabitants are Male, and 59.7 are female. 38.4% of Riverton is married and 57.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $179,182, and the average rent is $894. Household median income in Riverton is $34,488, and the individual median income is $33,001. Riverton’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.5%), Black(0.3%), Multiple(0.3%).
Riverton was founded by John Taylor in 1837. Originally named Judy's Ferry for the ferry crossing the Sangamon River there, then Jamestown, after politician James Shields, the village was successful for about a decade, producing lumber for a planned railroad. When it was discovered that the railroad was badly constructed and unreliable, Jamestown fell into economic distress and the land on which it sat was sold. The town was sold to Joseph Loose of Maryland, then again to John D.
Keedy, a Springfield distiller. Land south of Jamestown was purchased and a distillery was put up. Yet again, the properties were lost, first mortgaged to Jacob Bunn, then given as a claim settlement to Parley L. Howlett, another distiller. Jamestown was soon renamed Howlett, Shields had fallen from popularity, and a new flour mill and coal mine caused a short-lived boom.
Despite their success, most of Howlett was sold to Jacob Bunn to pay off debt. Bunn started selling the lots to the residents, the only owner to do so. After a state requirement was passed preventing communities from being named after people, Howlett was rechristened as Riverton in the 1870s. In 1876, train robber Jesse James spent a night in Riverton while en route to a bank heist in Minnesota.
Al Capone also reportedly used Riverton as one of his hideouts. Riverton historically had a higher immigrant population than other small towns in the Springfield area due to the coal mining industry. There is still a lot of Italian-American influence in the town.
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