Welcome to New Richmond ...

So far, we found very little information about New Richmond. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Richmond to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Richmond, please Contact Us.

New Richmond would have been located within present day Summers County<2>.

The location of New Richmond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Richmond, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for New Richmond is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where New Richmond was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If New Richmond still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named New Richmond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named New Richmond: This one is located in Summers County and the other is located in Wyoming County.

Beyond West Virginia, there are 11 communities that are also named New Richmond - they are located in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near New Richmond ...

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

• Beckley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckley
  • Beckley is located in Raleigh County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beckley <6>
• Oak Hill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Oak Hill is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Hill <6>
• Hinton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
  • Hinton is located in Summers County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinton <6>
• Rainelle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainelle
  • Rainelle is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainelle <6>
• Mount Hope
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Hope <6>
• Mabscott
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabscott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
  • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
• Alderson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
  • Alderson is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <6>
• Rupert
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
  • Rupert is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rupert <6>
• Meadow Bridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
  • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
• Thurmond
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurmond
  • Thurmond is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurmond <6>

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

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

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

Adding New Richmond to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Richmond in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Richmond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the New Richmond post office opened in 1871.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Richmond.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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