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Welcome to Richmond ...

Richmond is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richmond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Richmond is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Richmond lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Richmond: 605

Communities Also Named Richmond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 62 communities that are also named Richmond - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, Quebec (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Richmond ...

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

  • Aberdeen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Warner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tacoma Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tacoma Park is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 413 people
  • Long Lake Colony
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lake Colony is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake Colony
    • Estimated population in 2014: 332 people
  • Ordway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ordway is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
    • Estimated population in 2014: 306 people
  • Prairie Wood Village Addition
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Prairie Wood Village Addition is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Wood Village Addition
    • Estimated population in 2014: 276 people
  • Melrose Addition
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Melrose Addition is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Addition
    • Estimated population in 2014: 221 people
  • Gederos Estates
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Gederos Estates is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gederos Estates
    • Estimated population in 2014: 212 people
  • Columbia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Westport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richmond ...

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

Adding Richmond to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richmond 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 Richmond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Richmond post office opened in 1909. The Richmond post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richmond.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richmond - 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>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/