Town of RichmondTownship MapsTownship Cemeteries Town 3 north, range 15 east, was at first included in larger Elkhorn township. It was set off on January 12, 1841 as the town of Richmond. Among the first comers of the town were Thomas and T. Perry, JAMES and Robert SHERMAN from Richmond, Washington county, Rhode Island. There was an incipient village, with post office, at the southwest corner of Whitewater, where a town line meets a county line road. It was named Utter's Corner and its church is on the Richmond side of the two highways. There is a church, a well-kept cemetery, store, and a post office named Richmond at a meeting of the roads in section 17. Other early surnames include: HAWES, CHILDS, JAMES, STEWART, COMPTON, HAMILTON, WILCOX, TEETSHORN, CAMPBELL, HUMPHREY, KEECH, NEWBURY, PRENTICE, WHITING, ABLEMAN, ALMY ARNOLD, ARVEDSON, and BALFOUR. Of special note to this township: The Nova Scotian settlers in the northwestern quarter of the county. They were all of New England origin and all born in or near Cornwallis. Their family names were: BIGELOW, ELLS, LOOMER, NEWCOMB, RAND and WEAVER. A Methodist society was formed at Utter's Corner in 1852. Another society was formed at Richmond centre about 1854.
Township Map circa 1900 Township Map circa 1907 Township Map circa 1923 Copyright 2013 Walworth County Genealogical Society
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