Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Richlands came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Richlands in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Richlands. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Richlands data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Richlands:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Richlands. See our Misc Page for Richlands for more information.