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 Roosevelt County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richland, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Richland is 4,130 feet [1,259 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Richland is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Richland was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Richland (for example, toward Morton (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Richland still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Richland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Louisiana (4), Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (3), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, 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.

• Dora
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
  • Dora is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <5>
• Causey
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Causey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
  • Causey is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Causey <5>
• Milnesand
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesand
  • Milnesand is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnesand <5>
• Bledsoe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bledsoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
  • Bledsoe is located in Cochran County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bledsoe <5>
• Crossroads
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Crossroads is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossroads <5>
• Maple
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Maple is located in Bailey County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple <5>
• Stegall
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
  • Stegall is located in Bailey County (TX)
• Elida
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
  • Elida is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elida <5>
• Portales
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
  • Portales is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <5>
• Kenna
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
  • Kenna is located in Roosevelt County

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.

We 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 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 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 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richland.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Roosevelt County: www.rooseveltcounty.com/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/