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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.
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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.
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 ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:15, 21 March 2022: 7,486 × 3,247 (232 KB): Enjoymoreradio: Corrected highlighted jurisdiction. Had been Richmond County, not the City of Richmond
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, [1] and the main anchor city for the Greater Richmond Region, the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the Commonwealth, and the ...
View of Richmond skyline from Powhatan Hill Park Example of Fulton Hill's most characteristic housing form, the bungalow. Fulton Hill is a neighborhood located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. [1] The name is used for the area stretching from Gillies Creek to the Richmond city limits.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 474 square miles (1,230 km 2), of which 469 square miles (1,210 km 2) is land and 5 square miles (13 km 2) (1.1%) is water. [ 5 ] Hanover County is about 90 miles (145 km) south of Washington, D.C. , and about 12 miles (19 km) north of Richmond, Virginia .