Category: Richmond

Byrd named the city after the English town of Richmond near (and now part of) London, because the view of the bend in the James River at the fall line was similar to the view of the River Thames from Richmond Hill in England (which was in turn named after Henry VII’s ancestral town of […]

His father abandoned the family in 1810, and when his mother died the following year, Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. Why did Edgar Allan Poe move to Richmond? In 1835, he was offered the job of assistant editor at the Southern Literary Messenger, a new literary magazine based […]

After the site was surveyed by the English colonists, it quickly grew into the city of Richmond. The new town was named by William Byrd II after a place in England, because the appearance of the James River from what is today Church Hill resembled the bend in the Thames River at Richmond. How did […]

While the first Confederate capital was in Montgomery AL, Richmond was Confederacy’s most industrial city and Virginia was the largest Confederate state, so Richmond was chosen as the permanent capital for the Confederacy. Why was Richmond important to the South? Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. […]

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Richmond, Virginia Richmond Country United States State Virginia Named for Richmond, United Kingdom Government What is the county of Richmond? 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 […]

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Richmond city (County), Virginia. Which county does Richmond belong to? Richmond upon Thames was established in 1965 by amalgamation of the boroughs of Barnes and Richmond, east of the Thames, which belong to the historic county of Surrey, with Twickenham, historically part of Middlesex. Is Richmond city in Henrico County? The […]

Virginia’s 4th congressional district Virginia’s 4th congressional district since January 3, 2017 Representative Vacant Distribution 73.83% urban 26.17% rural Population (2021) 781,353 How many districts are in Virginia? A. There shall be 11 Virginia members of the United States House of Representatives elected from 11 congressional districts and each district is entitled to one representative. […]

Metro Vancouver. Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Richmond, British Columbia Province British Columbia Regional district Metro Vancouver Incorporated 10 November 1879 (municipality status) Is Richmond a suburb of Vancouver? Richmond is a unique island city, favourably located within Metro Vancouver in close proximity to downtown Vancouver […]

A new interactive celebrity map has been released revealing the not-so-humble abodes of the rich and famous. Hiking up TW10’s average house price of £1,558,911 are showbiz couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie currently residing in the south west London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. Where are the Brad Pitt Houses? Over the years, the actor and […]