Riverton is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,455 at the 2010 census, up from 3,062 in 2000. It is ration of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Riverton was founded by John Taylor in 1837. Originally named Judy’s Ferry for the ferry crossing the Sangamon River there, then Jamestown, after politician James Shields, the village was well-to-do for practically a decade, producing lumber for a planned railroad. When it was discovered that the railroad was badly build up and unreliable, Jamestown fell into economic touch and the land on which it sat was sold.
The town was sold to Joseph Loose of Maryland, then once more to John D. Keedy, a Springfield distiller. Land south of Jamestown was purchased and a distillery was put up. Yet again, the properties were lost, first mortgaged to Jacob Bunn, then unconditional as a affirmation settlement to Parley L. Howlett, another distiller.
Jamestown was soon renamed Howlett, Shields had fallen from popularity, and a extra flour mill and coal mine caused a short-lived boom. Despite their success, most of Howlett was sold to Jacob Bunn to pay back debt. Bunn started selling the lots to the residents, the solitary owner to accomplish so. After a let in requirement was passed preventing communities from mammal named after people, Howlett was rechristened as Riverton in the 1870s.
In 1876, train thief Jesse James spent a night in Riverton even if en route to a bank heist in Minnesota. Al Capone with reportedly used Riverton as one of his hideouts. Riverton historically had a well ahead immigrant population than other small towns in the Springfield Place due to the coal mining industry. There is nevertheless a lot of Italian-American put on in the town.

Riverton is located at 39°50′54″N 89°32′25″W / 39.84833°N 89.54028°W / 39.84833; -89.54028 (39.848305, -89.540166).

According to the 2010 census, Riverton has a total Place of 2.216 square miles (5.74 km), of which 2.18 square miles (5.65 km²) (or 98.38%) is home and 0.036 square miles (0.09 km) (or 1.62%) is water.