Richwoods, Missouri
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States}}
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Richwoods is an unincorporated community in northeastern Washington County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route A one mile east of Missouri Route 47,Richwoods, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981 approximately 15 miles west of De Soto and 19 miles south of St. Clair.
History
The first settlement at Richwoods was made ca. 1830.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_washington.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071506/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_washington.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Washington County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= December 30, 2016}} The community was named for the dense forest near the original town site.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA370 | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1918 | pages=370}} A post office has been in operation at Richwoods since 1832.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Washington | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 December 2016}}
Education
The Richwoods area is served by the Richwoods School District (R-7). They offer pre-school and kindergarten through eighth grade. After the completion of the eighth grade, students may choose to attend high schools in the following areas: Potosi, Grandview, Kingston, DeSoto, St. Clair, or Sullivan.{{cite web |url=http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/richwoods.k12.mo.us/index.html |title=Richwoods School District-Home of the Wildcats |accessdate=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829101856/http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/richwoods.k12.mo.us/index.html |archivedate=2007-08-29 }}
Churches and cemeteries
- The Book of Acts Church
- Church Apostolic
- Richwoods 1st Free Will Baptist Church
- Cross Roads Baptist Church
- The Way of Life Tabernacle
- Horine Methodist church and cemeteryhttp://www.mogenweb.org/washington/cemetery/horine.html{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The St. Stephen Catholic Church parish and cemetery was established in 1841.{{cite web |url=http://www.ststephenchurchrichwoodsmo.org/phistory.html |title=St. Stephen Church Richwoods |accessdate=2010-05-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728065815/http://www.ststephenchurchrichwoodsmo.org/phistory.html |archivedate=2011-07-28 }} St. Stephen Cemetery is located behind the church and rectory.
References
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External links
- [http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/richwoods.k12.mo.us/index.html Richwoods R-7 School District]
- [http://www.richwoodsfire.com/ Richwoods Fire Protection District]
- [http://www.bearcoveent.com/ Bear Cove Enterprises]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728065652/http://www.ststephenchurchrichwoodsmo.org/ St. Stephen Catholic Church]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Missouri