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Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, and the most populous city in the county.

The city's population was 10,682 at the 2020 census, up from 10,615 at the 2010 census.

Riverton was founded in 1906 as an incorporated entity of Wyoming and was named for the four rivers that meet there: the Wind River, the Little Wind River, the Popo Agie River, and the Little Popo Agie River.

The city was built on land ceded from the Wind River Indian Reservation in 1905 by an Act of Congress, and a 2017 ruling by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that Riverton is not on the reservation.

At the 2020 census, Riverton had 4,233 households and 4,675 housing units, of which 9.5 percent were vacant.

The median age in Riverton was 37.6 years at the 2020 census, with 23.9 percent of residents under the age of 18 and 19.3 percent aged 65 years or older.

At the 2020 census, 73.4 percent of Riverton's residents were White, 14.2 percent were American Indian and Alaska Native, and 9.9 percent were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Riverton covers 10.34 square miles, almost entirely land, and sits at an elevation of 4,951 feet.

U.S. Route 26 and Wyoming Highway 789 pass through the city, which lies directly north of the Wind River.

Riverton has a public library, a branch of the Fremont County Library System.