State St.

Richmond is unique in many different ways: having a festival for cattle, having at one point one of the most important schools in the valley, and currently hosting three important factories in the valley. But one of its most unique characteristics is that Main Street and Center Street are completely backward to the rest of the cities in the valley. Almost all other cities in Cache Valley have their Main Street going north to south with their Center Street going east to west. Richmond's Main Street goes east to west with Center Street, or State Street, going north to south. Hyrum, Wellsville, Newton, and Franklin, ID are the only other cities that do this. Guess it's a small city thing.

State Street is one of the original 14 streets created when Richmond was mapped and plots were divided in 1860. State Street gets its original name from being the original Highway 91, or state road that would connect Richmond with cities to the south like Smithfield and Logan, and cities to the north like Lewiston and Franklin, ID. State Street received its certified name on January 6, 1872 when the city council was naming all other streets in Richmond.1

For the reason of possible expansions to State Street, the homes and sidewalks on State Street reach farther back than other streets in the city.2 This helps to plant larger trees for shade, give families more parking space, and make the city feel more rural.

1. Family Search, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2019, August). Records of the city of Richmond, Cache County, Utah 1868-1948. Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University). Cache Valley Historical Society (1955, November) Reel 16. Image Number 26. Familysearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=5313423&rmsId=TH-7757-92521-33594-55&imageIndex=25&singleView=true

2. Bair, Amos W. (1976). History of Richmond, Utah. The Richmond Bicentennial Committee.