Welcome to Richardsville ...

Richardsville is located in Culpeper County<1>.

The location of Richardsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richardsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1831.

Richardsville is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Richardsville lies within the (540) area code.

Websites for Richardsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Richardsville, the following might be of interest:

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 Pennsylvania.

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.

• Fredericksburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Fredericksburg is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <4>
• Culpeper
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culpeper
  • Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culpeper <4>
• Remington
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
  • Remington is located in Fauquier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
• Dunavant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
  • Dunavant is located in Spotsylvania County
• Indian Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Indian Town is located in Orange County
• Lignum
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
  • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
• Wilderness
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
  • Wilderness is located in Orange County
• Storck
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storck
  • Storck is located in Stafford County
• Locust Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Locust Grove is located in Orange County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Grove <4>
• Burr Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Hill
  • Burr Hill is located in Orange County

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Richardsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 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 1831.

We also found Richardsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richardsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richardsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/