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)

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

John Allan → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
John Marshall → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Levar Stoney → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Maria Clemm → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Tim Kaine → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Varina Howell Davis → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
William Barton Rogers → residence → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Governor of Virginia → residenceLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Seaboard Air Line Railroad → routeTerminus → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Silver Star → routeVia → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Confederate States Cabinet → seat → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Governor of Virginia → seat → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad → servedCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad → servedCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Amtrak Northeast Regional → serves → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Interstate 95 → servesCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond
Silver Star (train) → servesCity → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 → servesMetropolitanArea → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond metropolitan area
CSX RF&P Subdivision → southernTerminus → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond Kickers → stadiumLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Silver Meteor → stopsAt → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Williamsburg → succeededAsCapitalBy → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Henrico County → surrounds → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Northeast Regional → terminus → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
River City → usedIn → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe → workLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Harry F. Byrd Sr. → workLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
J. Michael Luttig → workLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
James J. Kilpatrick → workLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Levar Stoney → workLocation → Richmond, Virginia ⓘ