Richville, Holt County, Missouri facts for kids

Richville is a small place in Holt County, Missouri, in the United States. It's called an unincorporated community. This means it's a group of homes and businesses that doesn't have its own local government, like a city or town does. Instead, it's part of the larger county's rules.

The Story of Richville

Richville got its start a long time ago, in the year 1860. It was named "Richville" because the people who settled there thought the soil was very rich and good for farming.

For a while, Richville also had another name: Helwig. There was even a post office there called Helwig. This post office opened in 1895 and helped people send and receive letters. It stayed open for about ten years, closing down in 1905.