Jean Baptiste Richardville - Legacy and Honors

Legacy and Honors

  • Richardville County, Indiana was named for him. (It was later renamed as Howard County.)
  • Richardville, Indiana (gradually it came to be spelled as Russiaville, which has persisted to today)
  • Wildcat Creek, whose watershed encompasses Howard and another county, was named for him.

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