Do you know of Rich Mountain ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rich Mountain. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Rich Mountain.

Our sources for Rich Mountain (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rich Mountain other than they indicate that Rich Mountain would be found somewhere in Randolph County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1876 and closed  in 1916.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Rich Mountain ...

We found two communities that share the name Rich Mountain.

Within West Virginia, the name Rich Mountain is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Polk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rich Mountain [Polk County].
  • North Carolina
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rich Mountain [Jackson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rich Mountain ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rich Mountain:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rich Mountain - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Randolph County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Randolph County.