Welcome to Richville ...
So far, we found very little information about Richville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Richville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Richville, please Contact Us.
Richville would have been located within present day Apache County<2>.
The location of Richville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Richville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Richville is 6,070 feet [1,850 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Richville is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Richville was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Richville and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.
If Richville still existed, it would have been in the (928) area code.
Communities Also Named Richville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Richville - they are located in Alabama, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee, Utah and Vermont (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richville.
Communities near Richville ...
We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Richville.
- Eagar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagar
- Eagar is located in Apache County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagar <5>
- Saint Johns
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Saint Johns is located in Apache County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Johns <5>
- Springerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springerville
- Springerville is located in Apache County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springerville <5>
- Northwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Northwoods is located in Apache County
- Concho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concho
- Concho is located in Apache County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concho <5>
- Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Vernon is located in Apache County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <5>
- Greer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
- Greer is located in Apache County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <5>
- Nutrioso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutrioso
- Nutrioso is located in Apache County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nutrioso <5>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Richville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Richville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Richville. See our Newspapers Page for Richville.
Adding Richville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Richville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Richville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Richville post office opened in 1892.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Richville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Apache County: www.co.apache.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Richville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |