Welcome to Richwood ...

Richwood is located in Dooly County<1>.

The location of Richwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Richwood is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Richwood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Richwood is within the boundaries of the (229) area code.

Websites for Richwood ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.doolychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Richwood, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Richwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Richwood - they are located in Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richwood.

Communities near Richwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Richwood.

• Milldale ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milldale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
  • Milldale is located in Crisp County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
• Cordele
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordele
  • Cordele is located in Crisp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,305 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cordele <4>
• Unadilla
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unadilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
  • Unadilla is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unadilla <4>
• Vienna
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,483 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <4>
• Arabi
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabi
  • Arabi is located in Crisp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arabi <4>
• Byromville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byromville
  • Byromville is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byromville <4>
• Pineview
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
  • Pineview is located in Wilcox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineview <4>
• Warwick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Worth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <4>
• Leslie
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Leslie is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <4>
• Pinehurst
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
  • Pinehurst is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehurst <4>

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 Richwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Richwood. 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 Richwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Richwood. See our Newspapers Page for Richwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richwood ...

Looking for more information about Richwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Richwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Richwood.

Adding Richwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richwood 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 Richwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Richwood post office opened in 1887.

We also found Richwood on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/