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Richmond ( / ˈrɪtʃmənd / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. 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]
- List of Cities in Virginia
A city and county that share a name may be completely...
- Neighborhoods of Richmond, Virginia
The Greater Richmond area extends beyond the city limits...
- 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...
- History of Richmond, Virginia
The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates...
- 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...
- List of Cities in Virginia
This is a complete list of towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. An incorporated town in Virginia is the equivalent of a city in most other states, i.e. a municipality which is part of a county. Incorporated cities in Virginia are independent jurisdictions and separate from any county.
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Independent cities
Since a state constitutional change in 1871, all incorporated cities in Virginia have been independent cities and are not legally located in any county. The OMB considers these independent cities to be county-equivalentsto define MSAs in Virginia. Each MSA is listed by its counties, then cities, each in alphabetical order and not by size. The area includes four independent cities (listed in order of population): 1. Richmond 2. Petersburg 3. Hopewell 4. Colonial Heights The three smaller citie...
Counties
The following counties are included in the Richmond MSA:
Incorporated towns
1. Town of Ashland(located in Hanover County) 2. Town of West Point(located in King William County) 3. Town of McKenney(located in Dinwiddie County)
The Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which includes three other cities (Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights) and adjacent counties, is home to approximately 1.3 million Virginians or 15.1% of Virginia's population. The Richmond region is growing steadily, adding nearly 400,000 residents in the past two decades. This has resulted...
Expressways and Interstate highways
Several of the most heavily traveled highways in the state transverse the area, which includes the junctions of Interstate 64 (which runs east-west), and Interstate Highways 85 and 95 (which run north-south). A comprehensive network of Interstate bypasses and spurs and several non-interstate expressways also serve the area. Tolls fund several of these local roads, although tolls have long been removed from the area's first limited access highway, the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, which opened...
Railway network
The Richmond-Petersburg region is also located along several major rail lines operated by CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and the Buckingham Branch Railroad. The area has four passenger stations served by Amtrak: 1. Main Street Station(station code RVM), located in downtown Richmond 2. Staples Mill Road Station(station code RVR), located in Henrico County 3. Petersburg Station (station code PTB), located in Ettrick 4. Ashland Station(station code ASD), located in downtown Ashlan...
Sea and airport facilities
An international deepwater terminal is located at the Port of Richmond on the James River which is navigable for shipping to Hampton Roads, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. Richmond International Airport is located in Henrico County, five miles east of the city center. The airport serves domestic destinations, primarily in the Midwest, South, and Northeast, and as recently as the 2010s, it served international destinations, including Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas. In recent years...
The Virginia State Capitol is in the historic Capitol Square. Also, the new U.S. Courthouse was opened in 2010, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is located in Richmond, as well, along with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Richmond itself and Petersburg are strongly Democratic. The suburbs began trending Republican ...
The applicable Metropolitan Statistical Area for the Richmond-Petersburg region is the Richmond, VA MSA. The Richmond MSA employs a total of approximately 677,000 workers.In order of the number of workers, the major employment categories of the region are services; retail trade; manufacturing; state government; finance, insurance and real estate; l...
Several economic and community development entities, both public and private, serve the Greater Richmond area. Government-linked entities such as the Greater Richmond Partnership bring together elected leadership of local government with leaders from business and industry to coordinate initiatives to foster economic prosperity. In the non-profit se...
- United States
- Richmond
- 1,314,434
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
- 95 Counties, 38 Independent cities
The Greater Richmond area extends beyond the city limits into nearby counties. Descriptions of Richmond often describe the large area as falling into one of the four primarily geographic references which somewhat mirror the points of a compass: North Side, Southside, East End and West End. Since there is no one municipal organization that ...
A row of houses in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond. The district was listed as a Landmark District in 1978.. Richmond, Virginia, is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the fifth largest city in the state in terms of population, and the main anchor city for the Greater Richmond Region, the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the Commonwealth, and the 43rd ...
The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates to the early 17th century, and is crucial to the development of the colony of Virginia, the American Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. After Reconstruction, Richmond's location at the falls of the James River helped it develop a diversified economy and become a land transportation hub.
