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>.

The location of Richards has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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

The location where Richards once stood is in the (419) and (567)<5> area codes.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Toledo is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 271,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toledo <6>
• Bowling Green
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Bowling Green is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <6>
• Perrysburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysburg
  • Perrysburg is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perrysburg <6>
• Oregon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oregon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Oregon is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,016 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oregon <6>
• Sylvania
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
  • Sylvania is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvania <6>
• Maumee
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maumee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maumee
  • Maumee is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,605 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maumee <6>
• Rossford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossford
  • Rossford is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossford <6>
• Waterville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
  • Waterville is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,596 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterville <6>
• Northwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
  • Northwood is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northwood <6>
• Whitehouse
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
  • Whitehouse is located in Lucas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <6>

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 for Richards was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

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

We also found Richards in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richards.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lucas County: www.co.lucas.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/