Riverbank, California, United States
🇺🇸 Riverbank is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1922, Riverbank's official slogan is "City of Action". It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Riverbank was founded as a ferry crossing, and was established as a town with the coming of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, which was soon acquired by the Santa Fe Railroad. The town holds a Cheese & Wine Exposition each October. It is named for its location on the Stanislaus River.
In the 1850s, the Riverbank area was known as Burneyville. Major James Burney, sheriff of Mariposa, established the Burneyville Ferry over the Stanislaus River at the site of the modern bridge in Riverbank.
Riverbank's downtown was remodeled in 2009. New attractions include a downtown plaza with a mural and statue of a cable ferry operator.
The Riverbank Branch Library on Santa Fe Street is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Transportation The BNSF Railway has a mainline running through Riverbank and serves as the BNSF's principal line linking Northern California with the Los Angeles-Chicago mainline. The line used to be owned by the Santa Fe Railway (ATSF).
Amtrak had a station in Riverbank which also served nearby Modesto, California; it was replaced by Modesto station on November 1, 1999, and was destroyed by fire in 2005.
The Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority operates one bus route in Riverside.
Riverbank, California, United States
Riverbank has a population of over 22,678 people. Riverbank also forms part of the wider Modesto metropolitan area which has a population of over 514,453 people. Riverbank is situated 14 km north-east of Modesto.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Riverbank has links with:
🇦🇹 Fürstenfeld, Austria 🇨🇳 Fuyang, China 🇲🇽 Tamazula de Gordiano, Mexico🇪🇸 Torre-Pacheco 37.733
🇰🇷 Uijeongbu-si 37.733
🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada 37.736
🇪🇸 Torre Pacheco 37.744
🇪🇸 Palma del Río 37.7
🇺🇸 Elizabethtown 37.7
Locations Near: Riverbank -120.936,37.7327
🇺🇸 Modesto -121,37.642 d: 11.6
🇺🇸 Turlock -120.847,37.495 d: 27.5
🇺🇸 Manteca -121.216,37.796 d: 25.6
🇺🇸 Stockton -121.301,37.976 d: 41.9
🇺🇸 Tracy -121.421,37.739 d: 42.7
🇺🇸 Lodi -121.335,38.131 d: 56.4
🇺🇸 Merced -120.482,37.307 d: 62
Antipodal to: Riverbank 59.064,-37.733
🇫🇷 Saint-Pierre 55.478,-21.342 d: 18160.2
🇫🇷 Le Tampon 55.515,-21.278 d: 18153.9
🇫🇷 Réunion 55.532,-21.133 d: 18138.3
🇫🇷 Saint-Benoît 55.713,-21.034 d: 18130.5
🇫🇷 Saint-Paul 55.27,-21.01 d: 18120.1
🇫🇷 Saint-Paul 55.279,-21 d: 18119.2
🇫🇷 Saint-Denis 55.457,-20.867 d: 18107.8
🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 18084.1
🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 18072.8
🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 18070.8