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Welcome to Richards ...

So far, we found very little information about Richards. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Richards to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Richards, please Contact Us.

Richards would have been located within present day Lucas County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richards, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Richards is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Richards was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Richards was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities Also Named Richards ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Richards - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Richards ...

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

  • Toledo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bowling Green
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Perrysburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Oregon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sylvania
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maumee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rossford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Northwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitehouse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Richards to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richards 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 Richards was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Richards post office opened in 1879. The Richards post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richards.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Richards, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lucas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richards - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Richards area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Richards area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/