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Welcome to Richmond Mills ...

Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richmond Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

Richmond Mills is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Richmond Mills: 585

Communities near Richmond Mills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richmond Mills ...

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

Adding Richmond Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richmond Mills in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Richmond Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Richmond Mills post office opened in 1844.

We also found Richmond Mills in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richmond Mills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ontario, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richmond Mills - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/