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Richardson, West Virginia

Coordinates: 38°51′55″N 81°14′11″W / 38.86528°N 81.23639°W / 38.86528; -81.23639
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Richardson, West Virginia,
Unincorporated community
Richardson is located in West Virginia
Richardson
Richardson
Location within the state of West Virginia. Founder Charles H. Richardson in 1866, serving WV House of Delegates in 1885 and early postmaster. Village boomed around 1900 linked to oil and gas discovery. Not only had an illustrious water mill on the West Fork of the Little Kanawha, but a church, general stores, a hotel, a barbershop, a shoemaker, a blacksmith shop, a doctor's office, drug store, a lumber dealer, and numerous livestock producers. After the oil and gas boom came to the area in the early 1900s, drilling was followed by the construction of a large gas compressor station with company houses, a 20th century rejuvenation of the village.
Richardson is located in the United States
Richardson
Richardson
Richardson (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°51′55″N 81°14′11″W / 38.86528°N 81.23639°W / 38.86528; -81.23639
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyCalhoun
Elevation
689 ft (210 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1555474[1]

Richardson is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Richardson, West Virginia


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