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Riverside, Connecticut

FieldValue
nameRiverside, Connecticut
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
image_skylineRiverside, Greenwich, Connecticut.jpg
image_captionRiverside in 2025
imagesize200px
image_mapFairfield County Connecticut incorporated and unincorporated areas Riverside highlighted.svg
mapsize260px
map_captionLocation in Fairfield County and the state of Connecticut.
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1U.S. state
subdivision_name1Connecticut
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Fairfield
subdivision_type3NECTA
subdivision_name3Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
subdivision_type4Region
subdivision_name4Western CT
subdivision_type5Town
subdivision_name5Greenwich
unit_prefUS
area_total_km28.36
area_land_km26.271
area_water_km22.09
area_total_sq_mi3.23
area_land_sq_mi2.42
area_water_sq_mi0.81
population_as_of2020
population_total8843
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEastern
utc_offset-5:00
timezone_DSTEastern
utc_offset_DST-4:00
area_code203
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info09-64530
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info2631574

Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843.

The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.

History

Riverside has two sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

  • Riverside Avenue Bridge, Riverside Avenue over the New Haven Line railroad tracks; built in 1894; listed in 1977.
  • Samuel Ferris House, Cary Road; built in about 1760; listed in 1989.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Riverside has a total area of 3.23 mi2 (8.36 km2), of which 2.42 mi2 (6.27 km2) is land and 0.81 mi2 (2.09 km2), or 24.98%, is water.

Riverside is bordered to the west by Greenwich and Cos Cob, both across the Mianus River. The town's eastern border is with Old Greenwich.

Education

As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Riverside is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district. The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.

The Riverside area has two elementary schools, Riverside School and the International School at Dundee, and one middle school, Eastern Middle School, located in Riverside. Public school students attend the sole high school in the district, Greenwich High School, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

The Japanese School of New York (Greenwich Japanese School) is in Riverside, where it moved to in 2022.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 2,936 households in Riverside, with an average of 3.11 persons per household. Riverside also has a high concentration of youth, with approximately one-third of its residents being under 18. 63.5% of residents identify as non-Hispanic White, 16.5% as Asian, 13.4% as Hispanic, 7.8% as multiracial, 2.2% as Black, and 0.4% as Native American.

Transportation

The neighborhood is served by the Riverside Railroad Station on the Metro-North line, although some residents are closer to the Old Greenwich Train Station.

Interstate 95 passes through the neighborhood.

Notable people

Well-known residents of Riverside include television personalities Lara Spencer and Kathie Lee Gifford. Former residents include Olympic gold-medal ice skater Dorothy Hamill and Philadelphia Flyers forward Cam Atkinson.

References

References

  1. {{gnis. 2631574
  2. "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Riverside CDP, Connecticut". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  3. "Spreadsheet of NRHP Listed properties".
  4. "National Register of Historic Places".
  5. "US Gazetteer files: 2019". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fairfield County, CT". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
  7. "募集要項". Japanese School of New York.
  8. "本校の歩み". Japanese School of New York.
  9. "U.S. Census Bureau Quickfacts: Riverside CDP, Connecticut".
  10. Costagregni, Susie. (May 13, 2007). "Antares party raises funds for Greenwich YMCA". The Stamford Advocate.
  11. (2022-06-06). "Riverside's Kathie Lee Gifford emcees Greenwich Hospital benefit that funds growth in medical research".
  12. "Dorothy Hamill".
  13. (2018-09-08). "Blue Jackets spotlight: Cam Atkinson".
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