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Richmond city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
30historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
226,610pop. 2020
16cemeteries
23CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 30 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1981. Most listings are in or near Richmond.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 30 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

30 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Almshouse, The (Additional Documentation)RichmondBuilding1981
Blackwell Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict2019
Chestnut Hill-Plateau Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict2002
ClovellyRichmondBuilding2022
Crenshaw HouseRichmondBuilding2010
Deep Run Hunt Club Rosedale LodgeRichmondBuilding2019
First Battalion Virginia Volunteers ArmoryRichmondBuilding2009
General Outdoor Advertising Company Richmond BranchRichmondBuilding2019
Grace Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)RichmondDistrict2009
Hickory Hill SchoolRichmondBuilding2024
High-Rise for the ElderlyRichmondBuilding2024
Holly Springs ApartmentsRichmondDistrict2019
Hunt-Sitterding HouseRichmondBuilding2008
Jackson Ward Historic District (Boundary Increase)RichmondDistrict2005
Jerman HouseRichmondBuilding2016
John Rolfe ApartmentsRichmondBuilding2010
Lee Medical BuildingRichmondBuilding2018
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Additional Documentation) (NHS)RichmondDistrict2022
Main Street Banking Historic District (Additional Documentation)RichmondDistrict2005
Main Street Banking Historic District (Boundary Decrease)RichmondDistrict2025
Manchester Trucking and Commercial Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict2019
MilburneRichmondDistrict2019
Model Tobacco FactoryRichmondDistrict2019
RockfallsRichmondBuilding2017
Scott House (Additional Documentation)RichmondBuilding2007
Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict2022
St. John's United Holy Church of America. Inc.RichmondBuilding2024
Virginia Commission for the BlindRichmondBuilding2016
Virginia State LibraryRichmondBuilding2005
Woodland Heights Historic DistrictRichmondDistrict2009

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Richmond (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Richmond made an independent city from HENRICO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Richmond city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

250k167k85k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
85,050171,667193,042230,310219,958219,214197,790226,610

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.
Richmond National Battlefield ParkNational Battlefield Park13.7 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
Barton Heights Cemetery37.55847-77.43248
Evergreen Cemetery37.53404-77.38831
Gravel Hill Cemetery37.53589-77.52232
Hebrew Cemetery37.55236-77.42942
Hollywood Cemetery37.53678-77.45508
Holy Cross Cemetery37.55907-77.42739
Maury Cemetery37.50611-77.45435
Mount Calvary Cemetery37.53431-77.46557
Mount Olivet Cemetery37.50364-77.45588
Oakwood Cemetery37.53764-77.39859
Oakwood Hebrew Cemetery37.53495-77.39691
Riverview Cemetery37.5339-77.46215
Saint Johns Cemetery37.53151-77.41962
Shockoe Hill Cemetery37.55148-77.43198
Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery37.52508-77.39405
Workman's Circle Cemetery of Richmond37.5253-77.39451

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Darbytown Road4,26913.2 kmVA078
Darbytown And New Market5,61913.3 kmVA077
Beaver Dam Creek14,14813.8 kmVA016
Oak Grove5,34514.0 kmVA015
Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road7,88914.3 kmVA080
Yellow Tavern2,54314.3 kmVA052
New Market Heights11,82815.0 kmVA075
Seven Pines6,47115.6 kmVA014
Drewry'S Bluff4,75315.7 kmVA012
Garnett'S & Golding'S Farm4,55315.7 kmVA018
Proctor'S Creek4,75315.7 kmVA053
Gaines' Mill6,58317.3 kmVA017
Savage'S Station6,62518.9 kmVA019
Cold Harbor16,05120.0 kmVA062
Deep Bottom Ii8,18120.4 kmVA071
Deep Bottom I10,92921.1 kmVA069
Haw'S Shop1,19021.2 kmVA058
Totopotomy Creek/Bethesda Church28,12821.3 kmVA057
Glendale7,86722.9 kmVA060
White Oak Swamp7,87023.1 kmVA020
Old Church1,25424.0 kmVA059
Malvern Hill6,20324.3 kmVA021
Hanover Courthouse3,52424.7 kmVA013

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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