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Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8] The Richmond metropolitan area, with over 1.3 million residents, is the Commonwealth's third-most populous .
- List of Cities in Virginia
A city and county that share a name may be completely...
- Neighborhoods of Richmond, Virginia
Description of the Richmond Metro Region from a quadrant...
- Flag
The boatman is a graphical depiction of a 14-foot tall...
- Virginia State Capitol
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government...
- Virginia Statistical Areas
An enlargeable map of the 15 core-based statistical areas in...
- Battle of Bloody Run
Afterward, Hill was disgraced because of his defeat,...
- Greater Richmond Region
1,314,434 [1] • Rank. 44th in the U.S. GDP. [2] • MSA....
- Henrico County
Henrico County / h ɛ n ˈ r aɪ k oʊ /, officially the County...
- Richmond in The American Civil War
View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation...
- Monument Avenue
Monument Avenue is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the...
- List of Cities in Virginia
May 20, 2020 · Fifty years ago, Richmond annexed 23 square miles of Chesterfield County and 47,000 mostly white residents. While officials publicly said the annexation was about economic development, some of them admitted secretly that it was about maintaining white control over the majority-black city. Much of what we know about this event comes from a book ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Richmond, independent city and capital of Virginia, U.S., situated in the east-central part of the state at the head of navigation of the James River. It is the centre of a metropolitan area that includes Henrico, Chesterfield, and Hanover counties, although it is administratively independent of any county. The English first explored the site ...
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City of Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was founded in 1737 by Colonel William Byrd, II. He inherited the former Stegg lands on both sides of the James River from his father and became known himself as the “Father of Richmond”. He visited Richmond in 1733 and planned to build a city to be called “Richmond”. Four years later, his friend ...
Richmond County is a county located on the Northern Neck in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population sits at 8,923. Its county seat is Warsaw. The rural county should not be confused with the large city and state capital Richmond, Virginia. It was formed in 1692 when the first Rappahannock County was divided to form Richmond County and Essex County.
