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Welcome to Richardsville ...

Richardsville is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richardsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Richardsville is 1,550 feet [472 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Richardsville: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Richardsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Richardsville - they are located in Kentucky, New Brunswick, New York, Oklahoma and Virginia.

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

Communities near Richardsville ...

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

  • DuBois
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • DuBois is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DuBois
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DuBois <4>
  • Clarion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Brookville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Reynoldsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brockway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sykesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Falls Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Summerville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
  • Strattanville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richardsville ...

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

Adding Richardsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richardsville 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 Richardsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Richardsville post office opened in 1849. The Richardsville post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richardsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richardsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Richardsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Richardsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/