Site of The Village of Richmond
Founded August 27, 1836
On this spot stood the Clapboard Inn, General Store, and Post Office of the early settlers, including the Lincoln family.
The survey of the Village shows thirty-seven lots. Main Street, sixty feet wide, ran immediately with the State Road and was crossed by Mulberry, Sycamore, and Cottenwood streets.
The State Road extended from Paris via Charleston to Shelbyville, and on to Vandalia, Illinois, the Old State Capitol.
A conch shell blown at a distance announced the arrival of the gaily painted stage coaches, carrying the mail and passengers. These days of the stage continued until the advent of the railroad in 1855.
Marker is on Old State Road (State Highway 7) 0.8 miles east of Lake Road (County Road 280E), on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
