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Welcome to Richard City ...

Richard City is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richard City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Richard City is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Richard City (for example, toward Morganville (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Richard City: 423 & 729<3>

Communities near Richard City ...

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

  • Jasper
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sewanee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgeport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
    • Former name for Bridgeport:
    • Jonesville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <4>
  • Trenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevenson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Morganville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
  • Whitwell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kimball
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tracy City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Powells Crossroads
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richard City ...

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

Adding Richard City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Richard City post office opened in 1908. The Richard City post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richard City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richard City - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Richard City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Richard City 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/