Do you know of South Richland ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South Richland. 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 South Richland.<1>

Our sources for South Richland (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 South Richland other than they indicate that South Richland would be found somewhere in Oswego County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1844 and closed  in 1899.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Richland ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South Richland:

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 South Richland - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Oswego County ...

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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 Oswego County.