Richardson, West Virginia

Richardson, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Richardson Location within the state of West Virginia. Richardson Richardson (the United States)
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

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

History

The community was founded Charles H. Richardson in 1866. Richardson was the village's postmaster for a time. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1885. The village boomed c.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.