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Recent Posts: Richmond from the Sky Nasa Astronaut Photo The Carillon Bell Tower Photos and Information Railroad Bridge over the James Photo at Sunset Boulevard Avenue Photo shade trees of Summer 2008 Rain Clouds brewing Photo of storm coming over Midlothian The Roundhouse in the Snow Photo snowfall of Jan 19, 2008
Libby Hill Park Large photos and information The Carillon Bell Tower Photos and Information The Carillon Bell Tower Photos and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
About Richmond City Book - PLEASE NOTE- - THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - - UPDATED AUGUST 19, 2008
This website is about the City and environs of Richmond, Virginia, a city underestimated for its dynamic growth of recent years, and for its sheer beauty. Few places are comparable for a city of both this size and with its unique history. Bringing together information and thousands of photographs, this site is to detail some of the particular features of Richmond that makes it a suitable home for so many diverse people, and still able to maintain singular identity as "Richmond."
Some Facts About Richmond, Virginia Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Richmond is an independent city and not part of a county. (Richmond County exists; it is in an unrelated area of Northeast Virginia.) The 2007 estimated population from the US Census is 200,123 (up from 192,913 in 2006). The "Richmond Metropolitan Area" includes Henrico and Chesterfield counties, with a combined estimated population of 1.1 million. The land area of Richmond is appproximately 60 miles: the US Census estimate for population density on those 60 miles is 3,292.7 per mile. Richmond is therefore the third largest metropolitan area in Virginia, after "Northern Virginia" (bordering Washington DC) and the "Hampton Roads" area, which includes Norfolk, Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach. Originally settled in 1607, the present city of Richmond was officially incorporated in 1742, named by William Byrd II who noted that the view of the James River was almost identical to the view of the Thames River outside London at Richmond Hill (if you visit Libby Park and take a look down the hillside toward the James River, you will also see this startling similarity still today). Richmond became the capital of the "Dominion of Virginia" in 1780, named after Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603) of England. Richmond is the site of nine "Fortune 500" and thirteen "Fortune 1000" businesses, and is an important East Coast bastion for law, finance, and government, with influence throughout the South. Richmond is considered the Southern tip of the East Coast "Megalopolis" that includes cities Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC. |
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