[8] Richmond is located in south central Ray County at the intersection of Missouri routes 10 and 13.

The west fork of Crooked River flows past northeast of the city.

Lexington in adjacent Lafayette County is on the south bank of the Missouri River eight miles to the southeast.

[13][14] The large, two-story red brick building was built in 1910 as the Ray County Poor Farm with separate wings for male and female residents, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[16] According to local lore, the museum building is a site of suspected paranormal activity.

[17] The Farris Theatre, which was designed by the prominent Kansas City architects Shepard and Farrar, and originally opened as the Dougherty Auditorium in 1901, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[18] Today it is owned and operated by the Friends of Farris Theatre, Inc, a non-profit that organizes both live performances and showings of digital cinema movies.

The centerpiece of Maurice Roberts park is a decommissioned Lockheed T-33 jet trainer airplane on outdoor display.

Now part of the city hall complex, it was originally built in 1955 as a gym for the Richmond High School.

The well-regarded course was designed in 1969 by Chet Mendenhall, who was a founding member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).

The Ray County Library was officially formed by voters in 1946, and has been at its present location of 215 East Lexington St since 2004.