Richmond, Virginia

E8109

city state capital

Richmond, Virginia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia, known for its pivotal role in American history, particularly as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Richmond, Virginia, United States	12
Richmond	5
Richmond metropolitan area	3
City of Richmond	1
City of Richmond (independent city)	1
City of Richmond, Virginia	1
RVA	1
city of Richmond	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ state capital ⓘ
borderedBy	Chesterfield County ⓘ Henrico County ⓘ
capitalOf	Virginia ⓘ
containsBuilding	Virginia Executive Mansion ⓘ Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
containsCemetery	Hollywood Cemetery ⓘ
containsHistoricSite	Monument Avenue Historic District ⓘ St. John’s Church ⓘ Tredegar Iron Works ⓘ
containsInstitution	University of Richmond ⓘ Virginia Commonwealth University ⓘ Virginia Union University ⓘ
containsMuseum	American Civil War Museum ⓘ The Valentine ⓘ Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
founded	1737 ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport	Richmond International Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode	804 ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasMayor	Levar Stoney ⓘ
hasNickname	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ surface form: RVA River City ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Richmond Flying Squirrels ⓘ Richmond Kickers ⓘ
hostsOrganization	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1782 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Richmond, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: City of Richmond (independent city)
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicProvince	Piedmont (United States) ⓘ surface form: Piedmont
locatedInRegion	Central Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	James River ⓘ
majorIndustry	finance ⓘ government ⓘ law ⓘ logistics ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ
namedAfter	Richmond upon Thames ⓘ surface form: Richmond, London
partOfMetropolitanArea	Richmond, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richmond metropolitan area
population	over 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
roleInHistory	capital of the Confederate States of America ⓘ major center of the American Civil War ⓘ
servedByInterstateHighway	Interstate 64 ⓘ Interstate 95 ⓘ
servedByRailway	Amtrak ⓘ
stateLegislatureHoused	Virginia General Assembly ⓘ

Referenced by (133)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River City → appliedTo → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Richmond

John Allan → associatedWith → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Old Dominion → associatedWithCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Confederate military leadership → basedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond Flying Squirrels → basedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond Kickers → basedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Chesterfield County → borderedBy → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Chesterfield County, Virginia

Confederate Congress → capital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Confederate States of America → capital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

CSA → capital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Confederate States of America

Virginia → capital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richmond

Virginia → capitalDuringCivilWar → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richmond

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia → city → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Monument Avenue Historic District → city → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Hollywood Cemetery → cityLandmarkOf → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

John Allan → cityOfActivity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

James River → cityOnRiver → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond International Airport → cityServed → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

CSX RF&P Subdivision → connectsCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Eastern United States → containsCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

United States South Atlantic states → containsMajorCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Central Virginia → containsStateCapital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Central Virginia → economicCenter → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Piedmont Plateau → examplesOfFallLineCities → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

James River → flowsThrough → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway → formerHeadquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Union University → foundingLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Monument Avenue Historic District → governingBody → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Richmond

Old Dominion → hasCapital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia state government → hasCapital → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → hasCourthouseIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond Flying Squirrels → hasFanBaseIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richmond metropolitan area

Central Virginia → hasLargestCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond, Virginia → hasNickname → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: RVA

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → hasPart → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richmond

Army of Northern Virginia → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Confederate States Army → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Philip Morris USA → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Tredegar Iron Works → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

United Daughters of the Confederacy → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Department of Transportation → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Virginia State Police → headquartersLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond Flying Squirrels → homeVenueCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Hurricane Agnes 1972 → impactedCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)

Governor of Virginia → inaugurationLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Central Virginia → includesCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ

Richmond, Virginia → isCountySeatOf → Richmond, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Richmond (independent city)

Levar Stoney → jurisdictionGoverned → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ