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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]
Southside generally comprises the area between the James River and SR 288. With minor exceptions, Chippenham Parkway (State Route 150) forms the border between the City of Richmond and the County of Chesterfield. Several ZIP codes on the Southside have a preferred place name of "Richmond, Virginia" even though in some cases that land falls ...
Chesterfield County shares borders with three independent cities and was long exposed to annexation suits from any of them under Virginia law. The county lost territory to the City of Richmond through several annexations in the 20th century, including one in 1944. The city tried to annex more of the county in 1970, an action that created ...
Richmond is often subdivided into North Side, Southside, East End and West End. 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.
FIPS code. 51-16208. GNIS feature ID. 1852915. Chesterfield Court House is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place that is the county seat of Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. [ 1] It was a census-designated place (CDP) at the 2000 census, but has not been delineated as a CDP since then.
Bellwood, also known at various times over the past two centuries as Sheffields, New Oxford, Auburn Chase, and currently as Defense Supply Center Richmond Officers' Club-Building 42, is a historic plantation house located south of Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia . Bellwood was built on a plantation that had been owned by the Ward ...
Windsor Farms is a 20th-century neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, of primarily Colonial Revival design.. Designed in 1926, Windsor Farms is one of Richmond's earliest planned neighborhoods, modeled after an English village, with winding streets and English-inspired names like Dover, Canterbury, Berkshire, and so on.
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. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.