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History · Richmond

Richmond’s post office opened in 1817, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Richmond began

When was Richmond founded?

1817

The Richmond post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 412209 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.Deep rootsA post office since 1817: 209 years of Richmond.Old housesHalf of Richmond’s homes were built before 1959.
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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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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Timeline

Richmond, 1817 to 1859

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1817Post officeThe Richmond post office opens
  3. 1850Born hereWilliam Milligan Sloane is born here
  4. 1855Born hereSilas Dustin is born here
  5. 1859Born hereHenry Crew is born here
The story

How Richmond came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Richmond.

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Richmond was laid out in 1815. A post office called Richmond has been in operation since 1817.

Confederate general John Hunt Morgan traveled through Richmond during the 1863 Morgan's Raid on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville in the American Civil War.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Richmond, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Richmond, Ohio Water Tower2016Richmond, Ohio Water TowerRichmond, Ohio United Presbyterian Church2016Richmond, Ohio United Presbyterian ChurchRichmond Ohio United Methodist Church2016Richmond Ohio United Methodist ChurchMap of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Richmond Village2015Map of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Richmond Vi…MapInto Richmond, westbound OH43-OH152, Jefferson County2007Into Richmond, westbound OH43-OH152, Jefferson CountyOHMap-doton-Richmond2004OHMap-doton-Richmond
Famous people

3 famous people were born in Richmond

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

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Henry CrewAmerican physicist and astronomer · b. 1859
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William Milligan SloaneUnited States historian · b. 1850
Silas DustinAmerican curator · b. 1855
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

Richmond’s post office has been open since 1817.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Richmond
RichmondRichmond MethodistRichmond United Presbyterian

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

Questions about Richmond’s history

What year was Richmond founded?

The Richmond post office opened in 1817, 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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.