Riverside, San Juan County, New Mexico

Riverside (Hendricks) is an unincorporated community in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

[2] It is on the right bank of the Animas River, approximately one mile south of the Colorado border on U.S. Route 550, at its intersection with county roads 2090 and 2093.

[3] The nearest settlement is Cedar Hill, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south.

[4] Until circa 1876, the area was generally acknowledged to be the land of the Jicarilla Apache and their Ute allies; in 1887, it was officially excluded from the Jicarillas' new reservation.

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Map of New Mexico highlighting San Juan County