List of Narratives

Alabama

• Richmond – First County Seat of Henry & Dale Counties – Joni Wood
• Richmond, Dallas County – Martha Turner

Arkansas

• Richmond, Little River County – Jennie Lee Stone

California

• Richmond District, San Francisco: Outer, Inner, Central – Martha Turner
• Richmond, North Richmond, East Richmond Heights, Contra Costa County – Martha Turner 

Florida

• The Story of Richmond Heights (Miami-Dade County) – Courtesy Patrick A. Merit, Richmond Heights Community Development Corporation
• Richmond West, Miami-Dade County – Martha Turner
• Richmond Heights Neighborhood, Orlando – Martha Turner

Georgia

• Augusta-Richmond County – Dr. Lee Ann Caldwell
• Richmond Hill, Bryan County – Jennifer Grover 

Illinois

• Richmond, McHenry County: One Village, Two Tales – The Story as Told by Leif Anderson and The Village of Richmond by John Shiel
• Richmond Township, McHenry County – John Shiel

Indiana

• New Richmond, Montgomery County – Phyllis Waye Boone and Stephanie A. Cain
• Richmond, Wayne County – Sue King

Iowa

• Richmond, Washington County, Iowa – Gary A. Kallaus 

Kansas

• Kansas’s First Richmond, Nemaha County – Matt Diehl
• Richmond Township, Nemaha County – Martha Turner
• Richmond, Franklin County – Dennis Peters

Kentucky

• Richmond, Madison County – Submitted by Sharon Graves, Madison County Historical Society

Louisiana

• Richmond, Madison Parish – Richard P. Sevier

Maine

• Richmond Island, Cumberland County – Martha Turner
• Richmond and Fort Richmond, Saghadoc County – Martha Turner

Massachusetts

• Richmond, Berkshire County – Gloria Smith Morse

Michigan

• Richmond, Macomb County – Julianne Kammer
• Richmond Township, Macomb County – Martha Turner
• New Richmond, Allegan County – Allen W. Philley
• Richmond Township, Osceola County – Martha Turner 
• Richmond, Marquette County – Jan St. Germain
• Richmondville, Sanilac County, and the Great Fire of 1881 – Martha Turner

Mississippi

• Richmond, Lee County – Martha Turner

Missouri

• Richmond, Ray County – David Blyth
• Richmond Township, Howard County – Information provided by Harold Kerr and James H. Steele
• Richmond Heights, St. Louis County – Information provided by Joellen Gamp McDonald

Nebraska

• Richmond Precinct, Furnas County – Adapted by Rua V. Johnson  from Christine Weaver’s “Furnas County Past and Present”

New Hampshire

• Richmond, Cheshire County – Jerry Mills  

New York

• Richmond County, Staten Island
  • Richmond County – Patricia M. Salmon
  • Port Richmond – Patricia M. Salmon
  • Richmond Town – Courtesy of Historic Richmond
  • Historic Richmond Town – Courtesy of Historic Richmond
  • Richmond Valley – Linda Cutler Hauck 
• Richmond Hill, Queens – Carl Ballenas and Helen Day
• Richmond, Ontario County – Joy Lewis
• Town of Richmondville, Schoharie County, including Richmondville Village and West Richmondville – Joan Sondergaard and Martha Turner  

North Carolina

• “My Life In Richmond County” – J. Neal Cadieu, Jr. 

North Dakota

• Richmond Township, Burleigh County – Gerald K. Waters

Ohio

• Richmond Center, Richmond Township, Ashtabula County – Noreen Martin
• Richmond Village, Jefferson County – Erika Grubbs   
• Richmond Dale, Ross County – Lisa Uhrig
• Village of New Richmond, Clermont County – Greg A. Roberts
• Richmond Township, Huron County – As told by Robert E.  Shade
• The City of Richmond Heights, Cuyahoga County – Tara Grimm and Tom Wetzel  

Oklahoma

• Richmond, Woodward County – Martha Turner 

Oregon

• Richmond Neighborhood, Portland – Martha Turner
• Richmond, Wheeler County – Linda Donnelly

Pennsylvania

• Port Richmond, Philadelphia – Kenneth W. Milano
• Richmond Township, Berks County – Charles J. Adams III 
• Richmondale, Lackawanna County – Courtesy of John P. Kameen 
• Richmond Township, Tioga County – Joyce M. Tice 
• Richmond Township, Crawford County – Martha Turner
• Richmond Furnace, Franklin County  – Adapted from  “Mount Pleasant: ‘The Beginning’” by M. L. “Mike” Marotte

Rhode Island

• Richmond, Washington County – Richard Wolke  

South Carolina

• Richmond Hills, Greenville County – Gerald K. Waters  

South Dakota

• Richmond, Brown County – The Little Town that Became a State Recreation Area – Patricia Kendall  

Tennessee

• Richmond, Bedford County – Nicole Davis and Carol Roberts

Texas

• Richmond, Fort Bend County – Chris Godbold  

Utah

• Richmond, Cache County – Terrie Wierenga  

Vermont

• Richmond, Chittenden County:  Home of the Round Church – Martha Turner  

Virginia

• Richmond, Capital of Virginia – Martha Turner and Gerald K.  Waters 
• The University of Richmond – Dywana Saunders
• Richmond County – David Jett 
• Richmond Beach, Tappahannock – Gerald K. Waters

Washington

• Richmond Beach, King County – Tom Petersen

West Virginia

• Richmond & New Richmond, West Virginia – Martha Turner
  • Raleigh and Summers Counties (Richmond, Richmond Falls, New Richmond)
  • Wyoming County (New Richmond)

Wisconsin

• City of New Richmond, St. Croix County – Todd Kittel 
• Richmond Township, St. Croix County – Bev and Jim Peirson
• Richmond, Shawano County – Jim Kasten
• Richmond, Walworth County – Patricia Blackmer and Daniel Richardson

Homes & Plantations

• Richmond Hill Mansion, Irvington, New York – Robert Yasinsac
• Richmond Hill, Manhattan, New York City – Martha Turner
• Richmond Hill Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina – Robin Salmon
• Richmond Plantation, Christ Church Parish, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina – Suzannah Smith Miles
• Richmond Plantation, St. Johns Parish, Huger, South Carolina – Suzannah Smith Miles
• Richmond, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi – Mimi Miller

Mines & Mining Settlements

• Richmond Settlement/Dean Richmond Mine, Tombstone Area, Cochise County, Arizona 
• Richmond Basin Mining District, Gila County, Arizona
• Richmond Settlement, Town of Warren, Idaho County, Idaho
• Town of Richmond (later Virden), Hidalgo County, New Mexico

– By Martha Turner

Richmond in the United States Navy

• USS Richmond I – 1798-1801
• USS Richmond II – 1860-1919
• CSS Richmond – 1862-1865
• USS Richmond III (CL-9) – 1923-1946
• Naval Air Station Richmond, Miami-Dade County, Florida – 1942-45

– By Gerald K. Waters & Martha Turner