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

Richardson, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°51′55″N 81°14′11″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Calhoun
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID	1555474[1]

History

This section does not cite any sources. (May 2021)

Founder Charles H. Richardson in 1866, serving WV House of Delegates in 1885 and early postmaster. Village boomed circa 1900, an event linked to oil and gas discovery. The community had a water mill on the West Fork of the Little Kanawha, as well as 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, and featured 20th century rejuvenation of the village.

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