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History · Richville

Richville’s post office opened in 1828, and 59% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1880.

1828first post office
0on the National Register
59%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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How Richville began

When was Richville founded?

1828

The Richville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 339 in 18802020 census: 234198 years
Founding year: the first Richville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Richville’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 Richville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Richville’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1956. Watch Richville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Richville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Richville, in brief

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

Richville is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Richville had a population of 234. The name is taken from an early settler. The Village of Richville is in the southwestern corner of the Town of De Kalb and is southwest of the Village of Canton.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 323 to 234 (-28%).

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

On the map

Richville on the map, 1915 to 1956

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

Richville on the 1915 USGS mapRichville on the 1937 USGS mapRichville on the 1956 USGS map1915Gouverneur sheet · 1:62,500

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

Timeline

Richville, 1831 to 1915

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1831Born hereRollin M. Daggett is born here
  3. 1834Born hereHelen Morton Barker is born here
  4. 1890Born hereMiriam Green Ellis is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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People over time

Richville, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 339

Between 234 and 339 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Richville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Rollin M. DaggettAmerican politician · b. 1831
Helen Morton BarkerTemperance worker, suffragist in the Dakota ter… · b. 1834
Miriam Green EllisAgricultural journalist · b. 1890

Questions about Richville’s history

What year was Richville founded?

The Richville post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.