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Village · Buffalo County · Population 247 (2020 census) · ZIP 68870 · Founded 1890

About Riverdale

Riverdale is a village of 247 people (2020), the most it has counted, in south-central Buffalo County, at 2,182 feet on NE 40 about 7 miles northwest of Kearney. Riverdale is on Central Time.

History

A Riverdale post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1886, then reopened in 1890, when the Kearney & Black Hills Railway was extended and the town was laid out. The village and its township are named for their setting in the Wood River valley, part of the valley of the Platte.

Highways and trails through Riverdale

Route	One way	Other way
NE 40Through the village	Northwest to Amherst and Miller	Southeast to Glenwood and Kearney

Nearby towns

Glenwood	about 5 mi east-southeast	NE 40
Amherst	about 7 mi west-northwest	NE 40
Kearney	about 7 mi southeast	NE 40
Odessa	about 7 mi southwest	County roads
Prairie Center	about 8 mi northeast	County roads
Buda	about 10 mi east-southeast	County roads
Elm Creek	about 12 mi west-southwest	County roads
Pleasanton	about 13 mi north-northeast	County roads
Miller	about 16 mi northwest	NE 40

Health care

Hospitals: CHI Health Good Samaritan and Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, about 7 mi

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Bassett, History of Buffalo County and Its People (1916); Who’s Who in Nebraska (1940); Fitzpatrick, Nebraska Place-Names (1925); NEGenWeb Buffalo County; History Nebraska and its markers; National Register; Buffalo County; City of Kearney; Visit Kearney; Nebraska Game and Parks; Central Platte NRD; Audubon Rowe Sanctuary; Kearney Regional Airport; school districts. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.