Richlands is a small
unincorporated farming community in
Greenbrier County,
West Virginia, United States, five miles (8 km) west of
Lewisburg on
U.S. Route 60
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The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the ...
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The community was so named on account of their fertile soil.
Once served by Central School, a two-room schoolhouse housing grades K–9, local children now attend school in Lewisburg. The area has a Ruritan club, The Richland Ruritans, and a 4-H club, The Central Willing Workers.
References
Unincorporated communities in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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