Richville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in southern Perry Township

Perry Township, Stark County, Ohio

Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 29,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Stark County

Stark County, Ohio

Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,586. It is included in the Canton-Massillon, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. State Route 627

Ohio State Route 627

State Route 627 is an east–west state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. State Route 627's western terminus is at a diamond interchange with the U.S. Route 30/U.S. Route 62 freeway about southeast of Massillon...

 passes through the community. The community is part of the Canton

Canton, Ohio

Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

–Massillon

Massillon, Ohio

Massillon is a city located in Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately 8 miles to the west of Canton, Ohio, 20 miles south of Akron, Ohio, and 50 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 32,149 at the 2010 census....

 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Canton-Massillon metropolitan area

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Richville Elementary School

In 1997, the former Richville Elementary School was sold to a local church which later abandoned the property. Efforts to sell the property to recover unpaid back taxes have been unsuccessful, in part because of the potential cost of asbestos remediation.