Riverton is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 at the junction of K-66

K-66 (Kansas highway)

K-66 is a 5-mile long state highway in the southeastern corner of the state. Its eastern terminus is on the Missouri state line near Galena , while its western terminus is at Alternate U.S. Highway 69 and U.S. Route 400 at Riverton. This road is noteworthy in the fact that it used to be part of...

 and U.S. Route 69 Alternate

U.S. Route 69

U.S. Route 69 is a north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87...

 and U.S. Route 400 in Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Kansas

Cherokee County is a county located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 21,603. Its county seat is Columbus, and its most populous city is Baxter Springs...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

, United States

United States

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. It is located near the Spring River

Spring River (Missouri)

The Spring River is a waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri south of Aurora, flows north of Verona and turns west across Lawrence and Jasper counties, passing through Carthage, before crossing into...

 and has a population of 600. It is one of only three towns in Kansas on U.S. Route 66.

The famous Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Bridge (Kansas)

The Rainbow Bridge is an old bridge over Brush Creek approximately two miles west of Riverton, Kansas on former U.S. Route 66, now a county road. The bridge is a single-span concrete Marsh arch bridge and is the sole surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of the former highway. Two...

, about two miles (3 km) west of town, was the site where in the year 2000, musician Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley

Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....

 performed the song (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66

Route 66 (song)

" Route 66", often rendered simply as "Route 66", is a popular song and rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. It was first recorded in the same year by Nat King Cole, and was subsequently covered by many artists including Chuck Berry in 1961, The Rolling...

 for the TLC (TV channel)

TLC (TV channel)

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special "Route 66: Main Street America".

Riverton High School was the subject of national news after school officials foiled a plot found on My Space by Coy New, a senior at RHS, to conduct a massive school shooting. The attack was set to take place on April 20th, 2006 on the seventh anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre.