Riverdale, Missouri

Community in Missouri, United States

36°59′43″N 93°17′24″W / 36.99528°N 93.29000°W / 36.99528; -93.29000^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyChristian CountyElevation

1,070 ft (326 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Riverdale is an unincorporated community in western Christian County in southern Missouri, United States.^[1] The community lies on Finley Creek, approximately four miles southwest of Ozark and two miles east of the Christian - Stone county line. U.S. Route 160 is about one-half mile southwest of the site.^[2] The Finley is dammed at Riverdale.

History

The site was chosen for a water mill site by a Benjamin H. Hooten circa 1840. This was followed by numerous others, leading to the construction of a three-story mill building in the early 1890s. By 1896, Riverdale had a general store and post office. In the early 1900s, the current dam was constructed and an iron truss bridge crossed the waterway. The mill burned in 1926 and was not rebuilt, ending the era of flour production.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b GNIS data
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
^ McCall, Edith, New Life to Historic Riverdale, White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 10 - Winter 1982