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

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)

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Peninsula Campaign → keyCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Fredericksburg → locatedBetween → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia
American Civil War Museum → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Hollywood Cemetery → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Monument Avenue Historic District → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Philip Morris USA → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Richmond War Memorial
subject surface form: Shockoe Hill Cemetery
subject surface form: Shockoe Hill Cemetery
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
St. John’s Church → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
Tredegar Iron Works → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
University of Richmond → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Commonwealth University → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Executive Mansion → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Ratifying Convention → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia State Capitol → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Union University → locatedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Confederate States Supreme Court
Chesterfield County → locatedSouthOf → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Chesterfield County, Virginia
Confederate Congress → location → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond Kickers → location → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
The Valentine → location → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Convention → location → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Third Virginia Convention
this entity surface form: Richmond
Richmond → namedAfter → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Richmond, California
Richmond, Indiana → namedAfter → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Kentucky → namedAfter → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Fort Lee, Virginia, United States → nearbyCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia → partOfMetropolitanArea → Richmond, Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond metropolitan area
D'Angelo → placeOfBirth → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Mike Henry → placeOfBirth → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Warren Beatty → placeOfBirth → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
J.E.B. Stuart → placeOfDeath → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
John Tyler → placeOfDeath → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. → placeOfDeath → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Virginia Squires → playedHomeGamesIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Levar Stoney → politicalOfficeJurisdiction → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Richmond, Virginia
River City → refersTo → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Confederate States Cabinet → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Edmund Randolph → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
James J. Kilpatrick → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Jefferson Davis → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ