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History · Richfield

Richfield’s post office opened in 1893, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Richfield was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Its Register listing is the Richfield Milling Company. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 1900.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Richfield began

When was Richfield founded?

1893

The Richfield post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 73 in 19002020 census: 582133 years
Founding year: the first Richfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Richfield’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 Richfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richfield’s history is told.

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The story so far

Richfield, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Richfield yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Richfield is a town in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Richfield had a population of 582. The town was originally called "Ritchie's Field," for the prominent Ritchie family who established the post office, sawmill, and streets of the settlement.

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 613 to 582 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Richfield on the map, 1981 to 2002

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

Richfield on the 1981 USGS mapRichfield on the 1993 USGS mapRichfield on the 2002 USGS map1981Richfield 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 Richfield.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Richfield

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Richfield Milling Company
Richfield Milling Company
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Richfield Milling CompanyBuilding · listed 2016

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Richfield, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 613

Between 73 and 613 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Richfield

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

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George ClintonAmerican funk musician, singer, songwriter and … · b. 1941
Elizabeth DoleAmerican politician · b. 1936
Zion WilliamsonAmerican basketball player · b. 2000
Dale EarnhardtAmerican racing driver · b. 1951
Kellie PicklerAmerican country singer · b. 1986
Lou DonaldsonAmerican saxophonist · b. 1926
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Misenheimer2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Richfield’s history

What year was Richfield founded?

The Richfield post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Richfield?

One place: the Richfield Milling Company (listed 2016).

Memory lane

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

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.