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Aug 10, 2011 · What they might not know is that the city’s origins date back as far as 1820, when Richfield was a “suburb” of Fort Snelling, Minnesota's first military base.
- Alison Nowak
The Richfield family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Richfield families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 47 Richfield families living in London.
There are 517 military records available for the last name Richfield. For the veterans among your Richfield ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.
The first settler in Richfield was a man by the name of Lancelot Mays, who arrived from Pennsylvania in 1809. He and his Family settled in the southwest part of town, later sold to John Bigelow in 1814.
The religious adherence of those bearing the Richfield last name is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland. In The United States those bearing the Richfield surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the party.
The name almost certainly originates from a now "lost" medieval village called "Risforda" or similar and meaning the ford with rushes. Some five thousand surnames of the Brisish Isles are known to originate from lost villages, so whilst still rare this is not an unusual situation.
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The first two white women in Richfield were Ann Swindle and Charlotte Doxford. The first settlement was called Big Springs or Warm Springs, after the life-giving spring at the foot of the red hills to the west.
