Riverton, CT

Riverton is a Barkhamsted, Connecticut census-designated place at the meeting of the Still River and West Branch Farmington River, with 160 residents in the 2020 census. It sits in the town’s northwest corner beside the Hartland line, where the two waterways gather into a small river village. The village center is a 94-acre historic district with a general store, post office, churches, inns, and older houses along the roads. The West Branch is a Wild and Scenic River, so paddling, fishing, and river conditions remain part of the local conversation.

Riverton grew around water-powered mills and the Hitchcock Chair Company. Lambert Hitchcock began his chair enterprise in 1818, and the factory later became known for hand-stenciled chairs and cabinets made in Hitchcocksville, the former name for this village. Today the old industrial pattern shares the streets with galleries, restaurants, lodging, and the river. Riverton is a Connecticut community where two rivers meet, an old mill village survives, a famous chair tradition remains, and the Farmington valley opens toward forest and trail.