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Welcome to Ricard ...

Ricard is located in Oswego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ricard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Ricard is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ricard: 315 & 680<3>

Communities near Ricard ...

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

  • Pulaski
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Camden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Central Square
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Mexico
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lacona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Parish
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Altmar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mannsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ricard ...

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

Adding Ricard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ricard 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 Ricard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ricard post office opened in 1886. The Ricard post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ricard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ricard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Ricard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Ricard area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/