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History · Richmond

Richmond’s post office opened in 1838

Most of Richmond was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1909 on and the census since 1980.

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How Richmond began

When was Richmond founded?

1838

The Richmond post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 505 in 19802020 census: 511188 years
Founding year: the first Richmond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Richmond’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Richmond are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19094 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Richmond change.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Richmond.
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Start Richmond’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richmond’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Richmond on the map, 1909 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Richmond. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Richmond on the 1909 USGS mapRichmond on the 1939 USGS mapRichmond on the 1963 USGS mapRichmond on the 1994 USGS map1909Tallulah sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Richmond.

Timeline

Richmond, 1838 to 1909

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Richmond post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Richmond post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Richmond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Richmond.

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Richmond served as the seat of Madison Parish during the American Civil War. On June 15, 1863, during the Vicksburg Campaign, Union troops fought the Battle of Richmond and, after crossing Brushy Bayou, burned the town. The National Park Service reports Union losses of one killed and 11 wounded, and Confederate losses of five killed and 25 captured.

Earlier that spring, a reconnaissance column skirmished at Richmond on March 31, 1863; historical markers at the site summarize that action and the later burning of the town.

The present-day Village of Richmond was founded on August 28, 1973.

ChaptersEarly settlement and Civil WarModern village

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Richmond, decade by decade

Today27 recent
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People over time

Richmond, census by census

0100200300400500600198020002020Peak: 577

Between 447 and 577 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Richmond’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Richmond

Nobody well known was born in Richmond itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Madam C. J. WalkerAmerican entrepreneur · b. 1867
Tim McGrawAmerican country singer and actor · b. 1967
Willie DixonAmerican blues musician · b. 1915
Charley PattonAmerican Delta blues musician · b. 1891
Earl HollimanAmerican actor · b. 1928
Hank JonesAmerican jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and… · b. 1918
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Richmond had its own post office from 1838 to 1871.

Richmond
1838–1871
18301930today
Gone or out of use
Marlin Airportairport

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Richmond’s history

What year was Richmond founded?

The Richmond post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (27), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.