The early Village of Richmond included the Clapboard Inn, General Store, and Post Office used by settlers including the Lincoln family. A survey of the village showed thirty-seven lots. Main Street, sixty feet wide, ran along the State Road and was crossed by Mulberry, Sycamore, and Cottenwood streets. The State Road extended from Paris by way of Charleston to Shelbyville, and on to Vandalia, Illinois, the old state capitol. A conch shell blown in the distance announced the arrival of gaily painted stage coaches carrying mail and passengers, and stage travel continued there until the railroad arrived in 1855.