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Welcome to Richmond Furnace ...

Richmond Furnace is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richmond Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Richmond Furnace is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Richmond Furnace: 413

Communities Also Named Richmond Furnace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Richmond Furnace - they are located in Nevada and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Richmond Furnace ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near Richmond Furnace ...

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

  • Pittsfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
  • Great Barrington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
  • Dalton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dalton is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
  • Lee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,629 people
  • Lenox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lenox is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
  • Sheffield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sheffield is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
  • Cheshire
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheshire is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
  • Lanesborough
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
  • Hinsdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
  • Stockbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richmond Furnace ...

Looking for more information about Richmond Furnace? 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 Richmond Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Richmond Furnace.

Adding Richmond Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richmond Furnace 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 (so far) for Richmond Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Richmond Furnace post office opened in 1873. The Richmond Furnace post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richmond Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Berkshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richmond Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/