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Richmond County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
64historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
495,747pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 64 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near New York, Staten Island, Staton Island.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Richmond titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

42 of 64 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

64 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Austen, Elizabeth Alice, House-Clear Comfort NHLNew YorkBuilding1970
Battery WeedNew YorkBuilding1972
Billou-Stillwell-Perine HouseNew YorkBuilding1976
Boardman-Mitchell HouseStaten IslandBuilding2012
Brighton Heights Reformed ChurchNew YorkBuilding1982
Building at One Pendleton PlaceStaten IslandBuilding2014
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchStaten IslandBuilding2002
Christ Church New Brighton (Episcopal)Staten IslandBuilding2004
Church of St. Andrew (Episcopal)Staten IslandBuilding2000
Conference House NHLNew YorkBuilding1966
Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen ParkNew YorkBuilding1980
Elliott, Dr. Samuel MacKenzie, HouseNew YorkBuilding1980
FIREFIGHTER NHLNew YorkStructure1989
Fort Tompkins QuadrangleNew YorkBuilding1974
Fort WadsworthStaten IslandDistrict2022
Gardiner-Tyler HouseNew YorkBuilding1984
Garibaldi MemorialNew YorkBuilding1980
Hamilton Park Community HousesNew YorkBuilding1983
House at 5910 Amboy RoadNew YorkBuilding1982
Houseman, Peter, HouseNew YorkBuilding1982
Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer StreetNew YorkBuilding1982
Immanuel Union ChurchStaten IslandBuilding2018
Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan ArtStaten IslandBuilding2009
Kreuzer-Pelton HouseNew YorkBuilding1973
LaTourette HouseNew YorkBuilding1982
McFarlane-Bredt HouseNew YorkBuilding1983
Messiah Lutheran ChurchStaten IslandBuilding2025
Miller Army Air Field Historic DistrictNew YorkDistrict1980
Moore-McMillen HouseNew YorkBuilding1980
Neville HouseNew YorkBuilding1977
New Brighton Village HallNew YorkBuilding1978
New Dorp LightNew YorkBuilding1973
Office Building and U.S. Light-House Depot ComplexNew YorkBuilding1983
Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr., FarmhouseStaten IslandBuilding2020
Orchard Shoal Light Station, OldStaten IslandStructure2006
Our Lady of Mount Carmel GrottoStaten IslandDistrict2000
Poillon-Seguine-Britton HouseNew YorkBuilding1984
Reformed Church on Staten IslandStaten IslandBuilding2005
Richmond Terrace CemeteriesStaten IslandSite2016
Richmond Town Historic DistrictStaten IslandDistrict2025
Sailors' Snug Harbor National Register District NHLNew YorkDistrict1972
Sandy Ground Historic Archeological DistrictNew YorkDistrict1982
Scott-Edwards HouseNew YorkBuilding1983
Seaview HospitalStaten IslandDistrict2005
Seguine HouseNew YorkBuilding1980
Silver Lake CemeteryStaten IslandSite2017
St. Alban's Episcopal ChurchNew YorkBuilding1982
St. Paul's Memorial Church and RectoryNew YorkBuilding1980
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal ChurchStaton IslandBuilding2025
Staten Island Borough Hall and Richmond County CourthouseNew YorkBuilding1983
Staten Island LightRichmondStructure2005
Stirn, Louis A. and Laura, HouseStaten IslandBuilding2010
Sylvan Grove CemeteryStaten IslandSite2015
Temple Emanu-ElStaten IslandBuilding2007
Temple Israel Reform CongregationStaten IslandBuilding2025
Unitarian Church of the RedeemerStaten IslandBuilding2026
Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and MausoleumStaten IslandSite2021
Voorlezer's House NHLNew YorkBuilding1966
Ward's Point Conservation AreaNew YorkDistrict1982
Ward, Caleb T., MansionNew YorkBuilding1982
Wards Point Archeological Site NHLTottenvilleSite1993
West Bank Light StationNew Dorp BeachBuilding2007
West Brighton PlazaStaten IslandDistrict2024
Woodrow Methodist ChurchNew YorkBuilding1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Richmond was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from Yorkshire, which had been organized in New York in 1664.

RICHMOND created from Yorkshire, which had been organized in New York in 1664.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Richmond County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

496k250k3,835179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,8354,5646,13510,96525,49238,99167,021116,531174,441191,555221,991352,121443,728495,747

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Gateway National Recreation AreaNational Recreation Area14.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Baron Hirsch Cemetery40.62204-74.15431
Bethel Methodist Cemetery40.51676-74.23601
Blazing Star Burial Ground40.55638-74.2127
Charleston Cemetery40.53973-74.23797
Fairview Cemetery40.61086-74.1252
Fountain Cemetery40.63895-74.12011
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park40.56356-74.1346
Merrell Cemetery40.61044-74.16148
Moravian Cemetery40.58123-74.11716
Mount Richmond Cemetery40.56815-74.14375
Ocean View Cemetery40.56057-74.13826
Rossville AME Zion Cemetery40.54121-74.22042
Sailors Snug Harbor Cemetery40.63777-74.10029
Saint Josephs Cemetery40.55137-74.21542
Saint Lukes Cemetery40.55259-74.21937
Saint Marys Cemetery40.59418-74.08198
Saint Marys Cemetery40.59678-74.08172
Saint Peters Cemetery40.62251-74.11353
Silver Lake Cemetery40.62084-74.09708
Silver Mount Cemetery40.62208-74.09556
Staten Cemetery40.63879-74.12071
Sylvan Grove Cemetery40.59152-74.19205
United Hebrew Cemetery40.56775-74.14795
Vanderbilt Cemetery40.58698-74.12105
Woodland Cemetery40.61959-74.09847

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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