Richfield, north of New London, was settled by and named for the Ritchie family. Around the turn of the century it was thriving on such diversification as a shirt factory, excelsior plant, casket manufacturer, dry goods store, general store, a steam roller mill, a lumber plant and livery stable. A dentist, a doctor, a drug store, and two barber shops were also there. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, built in 1895, is regarded as the oldest church in town. Misenheimer, Miller, Moss, Parker and Fisher were familiar family names. Today it is mostly residential with a few businesses and some industry, also a school.