Richland is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.77 square miles (1.99 km2), all of it land.

There were 262 housing units at an average density of 340.3 per square mile (131.4/km2).

28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 269 housing units at an average density of 349.0 per square mile (134.7/km2).

32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In 1959, after much local controversy, Richland was incorporated into the Pekin Community School System.

In 1970, a further consolidation eliminated the local junior high schools and replaced them with a consolidated middle school in Packwood: all students in grades six through eight began to go to Packwood, and, thereafter, the Richland school building was used only for elementary students (kindergarten through fifth grade) from Richland and its associated rural areas, including Rubio.

Elementary students from elsewhere in the district went to Ollie, and the Farson school was closed.

In 1978, after completion of a new structure adjacent to the Pekin High School building, all students in the district began to go to classes there.