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11 unusual facts about Richland


Dwight May

May was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts to Rockwell and Celestia (Underwood) May and moved to Richland, Michigan at the approximate age of twelve.

Interstate 45

By 1961, the freeway was complete between Hutchins and the State Highway 14 split at Richland, except for the bypass around Corsicana, which was built ca.

Richland, Iowa

All the high school students from these four towns, along with all the rural areas which had been associated with these separate school systems, were then educated at a new building located near Pekin.

The high schools in Richland, Ollie, Packwood, and Farson were closed, although the buildings associated with them continued to be used for elementary and junior high school students.

In 1970, a further consolidation eliminated the local junior high schools and replaced them with a consolidated middle school in Packwood: all students in grades six through eight began to go to Packwood, and, thereafter, the Richland school building was used only for elementary students (kindergarten through fifth grade) from Richland and its associated rural areas, including Rubio.

Richland, Mississippi

:For the unincorporated community in Holmes County, see Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi.

Richland, Missouri

Route 7 runs north from Interstate 44 exit 150 about three miles west of Buckhorn to Richland, then north out of the county toward the Lake of the Ozarks region.

Richland, New Jersey

Bacardi had offered to give the township $5,000 for recreation projects in exchange for commemorating the new name with a sign on U.S. Route 40 for those weeks.

Richland, Texas

Richland, at the junction of Interstate 45 and State Highway 14, on Pisgah Ridge twelve miles south of Corsicana in south central Navarro County, was first settled in the late 1840s.

Tanzanite

TanzaniteOne Mining Ltd is owned by Richland Resources Richland.

The Sunrise Lands

Ingolf Vogeler, a mercenary from the Republic of Richland arrives in Mackenzie lands in the Willamette River region of Oregon.


Buena Vista Township, New Jersey

Richland was chosen because it is home to the family-run Dalponte Farms, a major east coast supplier of mint, an essential ingredient of the mojito.

David Patten

Patten played football at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina, where he caught passes from future Major League Baseball player Pokey Reese.

Dixon, Missouri

Route 133 runs north from Interstate 44 exit 145 about two miles east of Hazelgreen to Richland, Swedeborg, Crocker, and about two miles west of Dixon, then north out of the county.

Earl Park

Earl Park, Indiana, a town in Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.

Elevator Repair Service

As of 2013, ERS is developing two new works for the stage: Arguendo, a staging of the 1991 Supreme Court case Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., slated to premiere at The Public Theater in September 2013, and Fondly, Collette Richland, with preview performances at the Walker Art Center.

Ernie Hawkins

Hawkins appeared on Maria Muldaur's Grammy and Blues Music Award nominated album Richland Woman Blues (2001), and was the guitarist for the national support tour.

Hankinson

Hankinson, North Dakota, a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States

James Talley

After five years in Richland, Washington, and realizing the hazards his father’s employment presented, the family relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Jay Goyal

He was succeeded in January 2013 by Republican Mark Romanchuk, who represents a newly drawn district comprising all of Richland County.

Jim Colony

Jim has a wife (Linda) and two sons (Chris and Pat) and currently resides in Richland, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Kimo von Oelhoffen

Because of family connections in Richland, Washington, he opened a sports bar restaurant named 'Kimo's', near Bateman Island on the Yakima River delta of the Columbia River.

KORD

KORD-FM, a radio station (102.7 FM) licensed to Richland, Washington, United States

KZFN

Until early 2008, KZFN was also carried on K237DP-FM 95.3 FM, a 34 watt broadcast translator in the "Tri-cities" of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick and had picked up a significant audience in that area.

Laquey, Missouri

Route 7 runs north from Interstate 44 exit 150 about three miles west of Buckhorn to Richland, then north out of the county toward the Lake of the Ozarks region.

Little Red Schoolhouse

Eureka Masonic College, Richland, Mississippi, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse", birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star

Low-level waste

The four low-level waste facilities in the U.S. are Barnwell, South Carolina; Richland, Washington; Clive, Utah; and as of June 2013, Andrews County, Texas.

Mark Romanchuk

Romanchuk represents the 124,475 residents of Richland County, including Mansfield, Shelby, Ontario, Lexington and Bellville, Ohio.

McEntire

McEntire Joint National Guard Base, military airport in Richland County, South Carolina, United States

Mills Building

Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Richland County, South Carolina

NewEdge

NewEdge was formed in 2003 from two separate companies with a similar vision of innovation: NewEdge, (founded by Pam Henderson, Ph.D. in Richland, WA, USA) and The Brewery (founded by Paul Stead in London, UK).

Ollie, Iowa

In the fall of that year, the hitherto independent school systems of Ollie, Richland, Packwood and Farson, along with the associated rural areas, were consolidated, and all secondary students began to go to the Pekin Community High School.

Pekin, Iowa

Pekin is the location of a regional school system, which draws students from Farson, Hedrick, Martinsburg, Ollie, Packwood, and Richland, as well as from the surrounding countryside.

Rich County, Utah

Originally created as Richland County in 1864, the name was shortened to Rich in 1868 by the 17th Utah Territorial Legislature.

Richard Seymour

At Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina, Seymour won first team All-Region honors, won first team All-Area honors, and as a senior, was voted the team's best defensive lineman, was a team captain, won an All-Area Player of the Week award, led his team to four All-Area Team of the Week honors, and finished the season with 8 sacks and 83 tackles.

Richland College

In 2005, Richland became the first community college to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Richland offers dual enrollment, and has a charter high school, Richland Collegiate High School, which opened in Fall 2006.

Richland Mall

Richland Town Centre, formerly the Richland Mall, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Socket FM2

Socket FM2 is a CPU socket used by AMD's desktop Trinity and Richland APUs to connect to the motherboard as well as Athlon X2 and Athlon X4 processors based on them.

St. Lawrence Subdivision

The Oswego and Rome Railroad opened the short piece from Richland west to Pulaski in 1866, and the Syracuse Northern Railroad opened in the early 1870s from Syracuse north to Pulaski.

SWX Right Now

The channel is operated by Cowles Publishing Company and airs over Cowles' three NBC affiliated channels in Eastern Washington, including Spokane's KHQ-TV, KNDO in Yakima, and Richland's KNDU, as well as on cable systems throughout the market.

Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio

The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is located in the township on Steam Corners Road just west of the Richland County line.

West Richland, Washington

It crossed the Fallon Bridge between Richland and West Richland and then proceeded directly west to Kiona.