Editing Richburg, New York (section)

==Geography==
Richburg is located in the southern part of [[Wirt, New York|Wirt]] and the northern part of [[Bolivar, New York|Bolivar]] in southwestern Allegany County, at {{Coord|42|5|14|N|78|9|22|W|type:city}} (42.087226, -78.156080).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Little Genesee Creek, part of the [[Allegheny River]] watershed, flows through the village, which is located at the junction of [[New York State Route 275]] and County Road 40.

Richburg was served (1881–1890 and c.1906-1946) by the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad (PS&N) and predecessors, and (1881–1885) by the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad System (BE&C). The early PS&N predecessors and the BE&C were {{convert|36|in|adj=on}} narrow-gauge railroads, while the PS&N was a standard-gauge railroad. The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad embargoed operation through Richburg in 1946 and was abandoned by order of the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]] in 1946 to further promote highway motor truck transportation.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.33|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>