Richburg, New York
| Richburg, New York | |
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| Village | |
 Richburg
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| Coordinates: 42°5′14″N 78°9′22″W / 42.08722°N 78.15611°WCoordinates: 42°5′14″N 78°9′22″W / 42.08722°N 78.15611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Allegany |
| Towns | Wirt, Bolivar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2) |
| • Land | 0.90 sq mi (2.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,660 ft (506 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 450 |
| • Density | 500/sq mi (193.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14774 |
| Area code(s) | 585 |
| FIPS code | 36-61434 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0962466 |
| Website | richburgny |
Richburg is a village in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 450 at the 2010 census. The village is partly within the boundaries of the towns of Wirt and Bolivar. The community is east of Olean.
Richburg was incorporated in 1881 and was for a time a petroleum "boom town". L. Frank Baum, later the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and other stories, was director of a theater, Baum's Opera House, in Richburg from 1881 to 1882. Baum's Opera House was built by Baum's father, an oil executive, expressly to stage original works written by his son. Unfortunately, the theater burned, along with manuscripts of Baum's early plays, in March 1882.
Richburg is located in the southern part of Wirt and the northern part of Bolivar in southwestern Allegany County, at 42°5′14″N 78°9′22″W / 42.08722°N 78.15611°W (42.087226, -78.156080).
Little Genesee Creek, part of the Allegheny River watershed, flows through the village, which is located at the junction of New York State Route 275 and County Road 40.
Richburg was served (1881–1890 and c.1906-1946) by the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad (PS&N) and predecessors, and (1881–1885) by the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad System (BE&C). The early PS&N predecessors and the BE&C were 36-inch (910 mm) narrow-gauge railroads, while the PS&N was a standard-gauge railroad. The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad embargoed operation through Richburg in 1946 and was abandoned by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1946 to further promote highway motor truck transportation.
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