Riner is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States.

[2] The U.S. post office was the reason that the name of the village was changed from Auburn to Riner in 1882.

Between the establishment of the original U.S. Post office in the community in the 1871-73 congressional session and 1882 there was no postmaster in the town, and the mail was distributed at the local store by the proprietor Major Lawrence.

The post office was instead given the name of a prominent citizen of the village, Mr. David Riner, who later served in the Virginia House of Delegates.

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