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Riley, IN - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Riley  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Riley Home page. The Riley Home page provides as much information as possible on Riley. Knowing Riley’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Riley’s Home page, you will also find Riley’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Riley has a population of 453. 51.9% of Riley’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.1 are female. 40.9% of Riley is married and 69% own their own home. The Average Home price is $74,691, and the average rent is $848. Household median income in Riley is $42,188, and the individual median income is $23,922. Riley’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.4%), Multiple(2.6%).


The original town of Lockport was platted on November 23, 1836, by Nathaniel Donham. It was known as Lockport due to its importance during the building of the Wabash and Erie Canal from 1847–1850. The canal town became a significant trading point along the waterway. Though the canal closed in 1873, the building of several different railroads kept the community as a place for trade.


The town originally had various mills, sawmills and tanneries, but all were burned at different times. It was also notable in the grain market.In 1911, the town took the name of its post office and became Riley. For several decades, Riley sustained a healthy coal mining industry including a strip mine just south of town, operated by the Maumee Colleries Company as late as 1936.


In the second half of the twentieth century, Riley included a small suburban residential community.


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