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Welcome to Richardson ...

Richardson is located on Lopez Island.

Richardson is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richardson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Richardson is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Richardson lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Richardson: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Richardson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Richardson - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ontario (2), Oregon, Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Richardson ...

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

  • Oak Harbor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Bay <4>
  • Anacortes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Friday Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coupeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • La Conner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Decatur Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lopez
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
    • Lopez is located in San Juan County
  • Argyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Argyle is located in San Juan County
  • False Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 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 Richardson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richardson.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richardson ...

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

Adding Richardson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richardson 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 Richardson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Richardson post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richardson.

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Richardson - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Richardson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Richardson 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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