Welcome to Richwood ...

Richwood is located in Dodge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Richwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Richwood is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Richwood: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Richwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Richwood - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Richwood ...

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

• Watertown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
• Oconomowoc
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
• Beaver Dam
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
• Jefferson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
• Lake Mills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
• Columbus
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbus is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
• Marshall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Marshall is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
• Horicon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Horicon is located in Dodge County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
• Waterloo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
• Johnson Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 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 Richwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richwood.

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

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

Adding Richwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Richwood 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 Richwood was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Richwood.