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Richmond 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, making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. The Richmond metropolitan area, with over 1.3 million residents, is the Commonwealth's third-most populous.
Henrico County, officially the County of Henrico, is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,389 making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia. Henrico County is included in the Greater Richmond Region. There is no incorporated community within Henrico County; therefore, there is no incorporated county seat either. Laurel, an unincorporated CDP, serves this function.
Chesterfield County is a county located just south of Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county's borders are primarily defined by the James River to the north and the Appomattox River to the south. Its county seat is Chesterfield Court House.
The Greater Richmond Region, also known as the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia, is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other entities. The OMB defines the area as comprising 17 county-level jurisdictions, including the independent cities of Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights. As of 2020, it had a population of 1,314,434, making it the 44th largest MSA in the country.
Midlothian is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S. Settled as a coal town, Midlothian village experienced suburbanization effects and is now part of the western suburbs of Richmond, Virginia south of the James River in the Greater Richmond Region. Because of its unincorporated status, Midlothian has no formal government, and the name is used to represent the original small Village of Midlothian and a vast expanse of Chesterfield County in the northwest portion of Southside Richmond served by the Midlothian post office.
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.
The Greater Richmond, Virginia area has many neighborhoods and districts.
Lloyd Campbell Bird was a pharmacist, businessman and Democratic politician who served as a Virginia State Senator for 28 years and helped found Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
The "Citie of Henricus"—also known as Henricopolis, Henrico Town or Henrico—was a settlement in Virginia founded by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611 as an alternative to the swampy and dangerous area around the original English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Named for Henry, Prince of Wales (1594–1612), the eldest son of King James I, Henricus is located on a former curl of the James River about 12 miles southeast of the modern city of Richmond, Virginia or 15 miles from the fall line of the James River.
St. John's Church is an Episcopal church located at 2401 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Formed from several earlier parishes, St. John's is the oldest church in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1741 by William Randolph's son, Colonel Richard Randolph; the Church Hill district was named for it. It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is famous as the location where American Founding Father Patrick Henry gave his memorable speech at the Second Virginia Convention, closing with the often-quoted demand, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" The church is designated as a National Historic Landmark.
State Route 161 is a primary state highway in and near Richmond, Virginia, United States. It extends from an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in the independent city of Richmond north to an intersection with U.S. Route 1 in the Lakeside area of central Henrico County.
The Southside of Richmond is an area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area surrounding Richmond, Virginia. It generally includes all portions of the City of Richmond that lie south of the James River, and includes all of the former city of Manchester. Depending on context, the term "Southside of Richmond" can include some northern areas of adjacent Chesterfield County, Virginia in the Richmond-Petersburg region. With minor exceptions near Bon Air, VA, the Chippenham Parkway forms the border between Chesterfield County and the City of Richmond portions of Southside, with some news agencies using the term "South Richmond" to refer to the locations in Southside located in the city proper.
State Route 147 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 13.13 miles (21.13 km) from U.S. Route 60 in Midlothian east to US 60 in Richmond. In various places, it is known as Huguenot Road, River Road, Cary Street Road and Main Street. SR 147 connects Midlothian with the West End of Richmond via the Huguenot Memorial Bridge across the James River. Within Richmond, the state highway follows Cary Street, a major thoroughfare that connects the city's two major universities, the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University, with Downtown Richmond.
Transportation in Richmond, Virginia and its immediate surroundings include land, sea and air modes. This article includes the independent city and portions of the contiguous counties of Henrico and Chesterfield. While almost all of Henrico County would be considered part of the Richmond area, southern and eastern portions of Chesterfield adjoin the three smaller independent cities of Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights, collectively commonly called the Tri-Cities area. A largely rural section of southwestern Chesterfield may be considered not a portion of either suburban area.
According to Nielsen Media statistics for 2019–2020, the Richmond, Virginia market area is the 54th largest Designated Market Area in the United States, with 555,630 TV households. Richmond is served by a variety of communication media:
Westham was an unincorporated town in Henrico County, Virginia. It is located in the present day area of Tuckahoe, Virginia. Westham was built at a transportation point on the James River. The James River flows free for several hundred miles from the west and Westham is located at the point where the Fall Line rocks prevented further river passage. Richmond, Virginia was built on the other side of the fall line where the river is navigable to the ocean. This made Westham the first destination for iron used in Revolutionary War. In later years, Canals and then Rail transport connected Westham to Richmond along the James River trade route. Westham was eventually absorbed into Richmond.
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
The City of Henrico is one of the oldest counties in the Colony of Virginia. It was one of four incorporations established in the colony by its proprietor, the Virginia Company. The City of Henrico, which included the settlement of Henricus, was the furthest incorporation upstream on the James River. In 1634, Henrico was reorganized under royal authority as the shire of Henrico, one of eight shires in the Crown Colony of Virginia, Later, it became known as Henrico County, Virginia.
The Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground was established by the city of Richmond, Virginia, for the interment of free people of color, and the enslaved. The heart of this now invisible burying ground is located at 1305 N 5th St.
The city of Richmond, Virginia has two African Burial Grounds, the "Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground", and the "Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground". Additionally the city is home to several other important and historic African American cemeteries.
Subsequent efforts to reestablish the town of Henricus failed. In May 1625, more than three years after the devastating attack, only 22 inhabitants were reported residing in ten "dwelling-houses" at Henricus.
In 1637, fifteen years after the uprising, the site was included in a 2,000 acre tract patented by William Farrar. Because it was owned by William Farrar, Sr., the peninsula became known as Farrar's Island..
He served from April 30, 1652, to March 31, 1655
By a letter dated March 18, 1699/1700, King William III ordered Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia to make grants of land to a group of French Reugees and to help settle them. ... The Virginia Council decided on August 8, 1700 that the necomers should be seated in Henrico (now Powhatan) county at Manakin Town.
With the arrival of the fifth – and final – ship, the William and Elizabeth, in Virginia on 9 August 1701, the total migration of these French Protestant and Vaudois refugees was thereby completed.
"The first mines discovered in this vicinity, were the old Black Heath pits, Buck & Cunliffe's, Ross & Curry's, Wooldridge's, Railey's, and the Green Hole." (owned eventually by Colonel "Harry" Heth)
By the late 1830s, many coal companies were operating in the Richmond Basin. One of the largest of them was the famous Midlothian Mining Company, chartered in 1836. According to the president of the company, A. S. Wooldridge...
Chartered in 1847 and completed to Danville in 1856.
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The bridge was dedicated on November 4, 1934 as the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge.
The Powhite Parkway opened in 1973 and covered the 3.4 miles between Carytown and the Chippenham Parkway. It was the first of a series of road projects to be completed by the Richmond Metropolitan Authority (RMA) and provided a valuable link between the north and south sides of the river. It was completely repaved in 2008, when the new Powhite Toll Plaza was finished. The RMA uses asphalt. The Downtown Expressway, another RMA project, opened in 1976 and connected interstates 95 with the recently completed 195, effectively creating a loop around the city. The concrete portion of the Downtown Expressway, however, is owned by VDOT. The Powhite Extension was completed in 1988 by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and connects the Powhite Parkway with VA-288 in Chesterfield County. VDOT roads are concrete.
In 1985, the bridge was completely rebuilt as part of a $32 million project (and ended up costing more than $43.5 million). The new bridge created a six-lane replacement for the then-51-year-old bridge. The new bridge was dedicated in November 1988.
trombonist Reggie Pace, who co-founded the Richmond, Virginia, group with drummer Lance Koehler in 2006
Lance [Kohler] and Reggie Pace met just from being on the music scene in Richmond. They and several other guys that were part of VCU's music program back then just started playing together. Some of them were playing in other bands, and my understanding was that some of those bands were having challenges in certain areas. Reggie and Lance decided that they were not going to fool with those things and they would just be a band together that would [have] "no bs."
The Largest Expansion in the Museum's History ... On May 1, 2010, VMFA completed a four-year expansion project, which added more than 165,000 square feet to the museum's previous 485,000 square feet.
The forthcoming ordinance amendments will take into account changes to the state code that have fueled Virginia's beer boom: In 2012, Virginia made it legal for breweries to offer tastings and sell their beer on-site and allowed fledgling breweries to use the facilities of more established beverage makers...VinePair recently named Richmond the world's top beer destination for 2018
Built on three acres couched between Broad Street, Staples Mill Road, and Bethlehem Road, Libbie Mill Library offers almost 40,000 square feet of space spread out over two floors, with an additional 20,000 square feet up on the third floor that's being kept available for further expansion
Heralded as the largest revitalization project in Henrico County's 400-year history, the 80-acre, $434 million development earlier this year was named Project of the Year by the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate…. Much of Libbie Mill-Midtown is a work in progress. Major chunks of the planned 160,000 square feet of office and retail space are complete, but the residential component — up to 994 homes for sale and 1,096 apartments — is under construction or on the planning board.
Look no further than White Oak Technology Park in eastern Henrico County for what is easily the biggest deal of the year. Facebook announced in October plans to construct a $1 billion, 970,000-square-foot data center on about 330 acres of the park.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney launched an ambitious attempt Thursday to redevelop a large swath of downtown, including the replacement of the Coliseum with a new, larger arena, construction of a hotel next to the Greater Richmond Convention Center, and revitalization of the surrounding neighborhood with affordable and mixed-income housing.
Richmond officially had its coldest night of the past 33 years on Sunday, Jan. 7. The temperature dipped to 3 degrees below zero at 6:11 a.m. that Sunday at Richmond International Airport, the coldest reading there since 6 below zero on Jan. 21, 1985, the National Weather Service in Wakefield reports, according to RTD meteorologist John Boyer.
Richmond's grocery market was in transition last year, with the departure of Martin's Food Markets, and the arrival last July of Florida-based Publix and Germany-based discount grocery chain Lidl.
These days, a different sort of battle is taking shape in Richmond — a grocery battle. During the past several years, a slew of major grocery chains have streamed into this metropolitan region of 1.3 million. Kroger came to town after a local chain faltered. So did Martin's, an Ahold brand that ultimately failed. Pretty soon, Aldi, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and The Fresh Market had joined the fray alongside longtime players like Food Lion, Costco, Walmart and independents like Tom Leonard's. In the past few years, Publix and Wegmans have also descended on Richmond, along with discounter Lidl.
Grocers Lidl and Publix will continue to open stores around Richmond in the New Year. Lidl has been gradually opening its first stores in Richmond, as well as snagging land in Chesterfield and Mechanicsville. And Publix has been doing the same in opening stores, mostly in former Martin's, and procuring land for from-scratch location
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