Welcome to Richland ...

So far, we found very little information about Richland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Richland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Richland, please Contact Us.

Richland would have been located within present day Rapides Parish<2>.

The location of Richland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Richland is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Richland was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Richland would have been located in the (318) area code.

Communities Also Named Richland ...

While we believe that this Richland is located in Rapides Parish, we know of another 3 Louisiana communities named Richland. Those communities are located in the following parishes: Iberville, Saint Mary and Tensas Parish.

Beyond Louisiana, there are 54 communities that are also named Richland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, 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.

Communities near Richland ...

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

• Alexandria
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria
  • Alexandria is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,573 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexandria <5>
• Pineville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
  • Pineville is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <5>
• Marksville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Marksville is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marksville <5>
• Ball
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ball have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
  • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <5>
• Bunkie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
  • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <5>
• Cottonport
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonport
  • Cottonport is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,867 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonport <5>
• Mansura
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansura
  • Mansura is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansura <5>
• Lecompte
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lecompte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecompte
  • Lecompte is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lecompte <5>
• Woodworth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
  • Woodworth is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodworth <5>
• Forest Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
  • Forest Hill is located in Rapides Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Hill <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 Richland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richland.

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

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

Adding Richland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richland in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS 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.<6>

From that list, the Richland post office opened in 1900.

We also found Richland on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rapides Parish: www.rppj.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/