Welcome to Richland ...

The town of Richland is located in Spencer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, Richland has a population of 393 people<2> (see below for details).

Time Zone: Richland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Richland: 812 & 930<3>

The ZIP code for Richland: 47634<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Richland had an population of 393 people. This is a decrease of 7.53% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.03% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Richland had a population of 425 people.

With a 2010 count of 425 people, the population of Richland decreased 9.19% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 468 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Richland.

Communities Also Named Richland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Richland: This one is located in Spencer County and the other is located in Rush County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 54 communities that are also named Richland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (3), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah and Washington.

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

Adding Richland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richland in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Richland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Richland post office opened in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richland.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Spencer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Richland.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Richland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Richland area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Richland). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Richland or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/