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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