Richey Montana

Richey is a town in Dawson County, Montana, United States. It is located to the north of Glendive, the county seat. The population was 164 at the 2020 census. The town has a strong agriculture economy with wheat, oats and barley as the main crops as well as significant cattle and sheep ranches.

Clyde Richey opened a post office in 1911.

Geography

Richey is located at 47°38′42″N 105°4′10″W (47.644958, -105.069380). Montana Highway 200 passes through town. Longs Reservoir and Wold Reservoir are nearby.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2), all land.

This is a picture postcard that list names of those who served from Richey, Montana. Herbert Johnson, Marvin Johnson and James McConnen grew up in Richey, enlisted and fought during WWII

Honor Roll:
Richey Community
Column 1                  Column 2           Column 3         Column 4            Column 5          Column 6
Bernard Volbrecht**  Howard Brown    Chas Fowler      Eugene Graber   Harry Kuester    Esther Miller
Leonard Hoffman        Victor Blue         Joe Benes        Archie Graber    Wm Kuester        Myrtle Johnson
Howard Keeland         George Stout      Milo Long         Earl Eyre           Clyde Richey       Patricia Foley
Harry Freseman         Floyd Durfey       Jason Long       Alvin Raisl         Lynn Richey        Martha Treftz
Hanno Freseman        Julian Gibson      John Blair         Gust Raisl          John Porter
Herbert Johnson         Wallace Gibson    Donald Blair     Chas Raisl         George Porter
Marvin Johnson          Ben Albrecht        Duane Blair     Gust Treftz        Leon Schultz
Eugene Mikelson        Gordon Wienke     Arden Blair      Samuel Treftz    Richard Libby
August Willert            James McConnen  Willis Waters    Otto Brown        Keith Ginther
Verne Kautenberger   Lloyd Gering         Algy Deckert     Ray Foley         Bernie Bahls
Sybil Kautenberger    Ernest Goss          Albert Deckert    Lloyd Senner   James Colter
Harold Goulding         Edward Goss         Joseph Olson     Roman Zuroff   Ben Unruh
Raymond Goulding     William Pentz        Roy Kaiser        Henry Goosen  Waldo Deckert
Paul Winhofer            Vernon Pentz        Roy Ortman      James Carey     David Schell
Raymond Buechler     Carl Sheehan        Marlow Eggum   Virgil Huffman  Eddie Carlsen      
Clarence Steffen        Charles Sheehan   John Eggum       Russell Culver   D M Carlsen       
Barney Sorenson       Leonard Sheehan   Henry Herout*   Ole Hagen        Bud Crockett
Melvin Schwartz        Lloyd Johnston       Leslie Graber     Melvin Hagen    Harold Crockett
Wilbert Schillinger     Ivan Sheehan        Ray Miller                                                        
Mallory Lawrence      Monte Pentz                                                                                
Leighton Stoker        Wayne E. Reed                                                       
Eugene Jackline
Kamp Grundmeyer    
Leonard Ziegler
Aldrich Freseman
Clifford Carpenter
Theodore Keeland
Thomas Keeland
Clarence Albrecht
Theodore Hoffman*

Note: The asterisks (*) next to names like Bernard Volbrecht, Henry Herout, and Theodore Hoffman typically denote those who were killed in action or died during their service.>

This is a drawing taken from a photo of the McConnen Hardware Company located on Main Street in Richey, Montana.  Richard W. and Elizabeth McConnen were the owners of the store. These photos were donated by Ellen Oliver/p>