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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Richville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Richville:
- 39.989717, -95.047752
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Richville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Holt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holt County
- Since Richville is near Andrew County and also Doniphan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Andrew County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doniphan County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Richville
Communities Also Named Richville ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Richville.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Richville.
Beyond Missouri, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Douglas County
- This Richville is located in Douglas County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Richville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coosa County
- This Richville is located in Coosa County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Richville.
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Richville [Apache County].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Richville is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Richville.
- Michigan
- Tuscola County
- This Richville is located in Tuscola County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Richville.
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Richville is located in Otter Tail County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the north of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Richville.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Richville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Richville.
- Ohio
- Stark County
- This Richville is located in Stark County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the east of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Richville.
- Oklahoma
- Pittsburg County
- This Richville is located in Pittsburg County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the south of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Richville.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Richville.
- Tennessee
- Clay County
- This Richville is located in Clay County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Richville.
- Utah
- Morgan County
- This Richville is located in Morgan County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the west of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Richville.
- Vermont
- Addison County
- This Richville is located in Addison County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Richville.
- Bennington County
- This Richville is located in Bennington County and lies 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km] to the east northeast of the Richville that is located in Holt County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Richville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Blair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Dean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Fanning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Forest City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Point is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Point
- Lone Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Corner is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Corner
- Mound City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oregon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sparks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Richville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Richville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richville and extending to:
- Oregon, which is the Seat of Holt County, lies just to the West.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Richville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Richville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Richville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9897, Longitude: -95.0478 In this case, the coordinates for Richville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.403 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.776 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.722 degrees. |
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