Riverside, Lafayette County, Mississippi

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Riverside is a ghost town located in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.

The settlement began in 1838 as a farming community on the south side of the Tallahatchie River.{{cite web | title = Lafayette County, Mississippi: Extant and Extinct Towns, Cities, Communities, Landmarks | publisher = MSGenWeb | url = http://msgw.org/lafayette/xlaftown.html | accessdate = October 11, 2016}}

The first settlers were Uriah Temple and P.M. Duncan.

An early post office at Riverside was discontinued in 1910.