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Welcome to Richfield ...

Richfield is located in Otsego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1806.

Richfield is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Richfield: 607

Communities Also Named Richfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Richfield - they are located in British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Richfield ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.otsegocountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Richfield, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Richfield ...

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

  • Utica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Utica is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <3>
  • Ilion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <3>
  • Herkimer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Little Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mohawk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Frankfort
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • New Hartford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hartford is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,824 people
  • Cooperstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Richfield Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richfield ...

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

Adding Richfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richfield 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 Richfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Richfield post office opened in 1806. The Richfield post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Otsego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/