Do you know of Richfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Richfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Richfield.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Richfield, so we are uncertain whether Richfield is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Richfield would be found somewhere in Orange County, California.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Richfield ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Richfield.

There is one other community in California which is also named Richfield.

Beyond California, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In California ...
- Tehama County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Richfield [Tehama County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Richfield.
- Colorado
  - Conejos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Richfield [Conejos County].
- Florida
  - Manatee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Richfield [Manatee County].
- Georgia
  - Chatham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Richfield [Chatham County].
- Idaho
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Richfield [Lincoln County].
- Illinois
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Richfield [Adams County].
- Iowa
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Richfield [Fayette County].
- Kansas
  - Morton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Richfield [Morton County].
- Michigan
  - Genesee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Richfield [Genesee County].
- Minnesota
  - Hennepin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Richfield [Hennepin County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Charles County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Richfield [Saint Charles County].
- Nebraska
  - Sarpy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Richfield [Sarpy County].
- New Jersey
  - Passaic County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Richfield [Passaic County].
- New York
  - Otsego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Richfield [Otsego County].
- North Carolina
  - Stanly County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Richfield [Stanly County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Richfield.
- Ohio
  - Summit County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Richfield [Summit County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Juniata County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richfield [Juniata County].
- Utah
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Richfield [Sevier County].
- Wisconsin
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Richfield [Washington County].

More Orphans in Orange County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Orange County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Richfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.