Do you know of Richmond ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Richmond. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Richmond.
Our sources for Richmond (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Richmond other than they indicate that Richmond would be found somewhere in Chatham County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1900.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Richmond ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Richmond.
Within North Carolina, the name Richmond is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 55 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 55 communities, 50 are located in the United States and twelve are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Richmond [Dallas County].
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Richmond [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
- Little River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Richmond [Little River County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Richmond.
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Richmond [Contra Costa County].
- San Francisco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Richmond [San Francisco County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Richmond [Wayne County].
- Iowa
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Richmond [Washington County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Richmond [Madison County].
- Louisiana
- Madison Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Richmond [Madison Parish].
- Maine
- Sagadahoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Richmond [Sagadahoc County].
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Richmond [Berkshire County].
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Richmond [Allegan County].
- Macomb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Richmond [Macomb County].
- Minnesota
- Stearns County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Richmond [Stearns County].
- Winona County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Richmond [Winona County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Richmond [Holt County].
- Nevada
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Richmond [Lincoln County].
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Richmond [Cheshire County].
- New Mexico
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Richmond [Hidalgo County].
- New York
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Richmond [Richmond County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Richmond.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Richmond [Woodward County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Richmond.
- Oregon
- Wheeler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Richmond [Wheeler County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Clarion County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Franklin County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Northampton County].
- Philadelphia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Philadelphia County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [York County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Richmond.
- Quebec
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Richmond [Providence County].
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Richmond [Berkeley County].
- South Dakota
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Richmond [Brown County].
- Tennessee
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Richmond [Bedford County].
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Richmond [Fort Bend County].
- Utah
- Cache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Richmond [Cache County].
- Vermont
- Chittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Richmond [Chittenden County].
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richmond [Henrico County].
- Richmond City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richmond [Richmond City].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Walworth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Richmond [Walworth County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Richmond ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Richmond:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Richmond - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
More Orphans in Chatham County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Chatham County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Richmond 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |