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Communities Also Named Richmond ...

We found 56 communities that share the name Richmond.

Within Alberta, the name Richmond is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another 56 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 56 communities, twelve are located in Canada and 51 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Richmond is located in Dallas County and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Richmond.
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cochise County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Richmond.
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • This Richmond is located in Little River County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Richmond.
    • British Columbia
      • This Richmond lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the west southwest.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Richmond is located in Contra Costa County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Richmond.
      • San Francisco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Richmond [San Francisco County].
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Richmond [Miami-Dade County].
    • Georgia
      • Richmond County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Richmond [Richmond County].
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This Richmond is located in McHenry County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Richmond.
      • Tazewell County
      • This Richmond is located in Tazewell County and lies 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Richmond.
    • Indiana
      • Wayne County
      • This Richmond is located in Wayne County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Richmond.
    • Iowa
      • Washington County
      • This Richmond is located in Washington County and lies 1,251 miles [2,013.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Richmond.
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Richmond is located in Franklin County and lies 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Richmond.
      • Nemaha County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Nemaha County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Richmond.
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Richmond is located in Madison County and lies 1,717 miles [2,763.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Richmond.
    • Louisiana
      • Madison Parish
      • This Richmond is located in Madison Parish and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison Parish community of Richmond.
    • Maine
      • Sagadahoc County
      • This Richmond is located in Sagadahoc County and lies 2,086 miles [3,357.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sagadahoc County community of Richmond.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Richmond is located in Berkshire County and lies 1,991 miles [3,204.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Richmond.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Richmond [Allegan County].
      • Macomb County
      • This Richmond is located in Macomb County and lies 1,569 miles [2,525.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Richmond.
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Richmond is located in Stearns County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Richmond.
      • Winona County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Richmond [Winona County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Richmond is located in Lee County and lies 1,727 miles [2,779.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Richmond.
      • Rankin County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Richmond [Rankin County].
    • Missouri
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Howard County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Richmond.
      • Ray County
      • This Richmond is located in Ray County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Richmond.
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Holt County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Richmond.
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Richmond.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Richmond is located in Cheshire County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Richmond.
    • New Mexico
      • Hidalgo County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hidalgo County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Richmond.
    • New York
      • Richmond County
      • This Richmond is located in Richmond County and lies 2,026 miles [3,260.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Richmond.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Richmond [Chatham County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Richmond lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Richmond is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Richmond.
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Richmond [Lake County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Woodward County
      • This Richmond is located in Woodward County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodward County community of Richmond.
    • Ontario
      • This Richmond lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km]<1> to the east.
    • Oregon
      • Wheeler County
      • This Richmond is located in Wheeler County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Richmond.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Clarion County].
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Richmond [Franklin County].
      • Northampton County
      • This Richmond is located in Northampton County and lies 1,971 miles [3,172 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Richmond.
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Richmond is located in Philadelphia County and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Richmond.
      • York County
      • This Richmond is located in York County and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Richmond.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Richmond lies 2,257 miles [3,632.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Richmond.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Richmond [Providence County].
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Richmond is located in Berkeley County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Richmond.
    • South Dakota
      • Brown County
      • This Richmond is located in Brown County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Richmond.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • This Richmond is located in Bedford County and lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Richmond.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Richmond is located in Fort Bend County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Richmond.
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • This Richmond is located in Cache County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Richmond.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Richmond is located in Chittenden County and lies 1,937 miles [3,117.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Richmond.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Richmond [Henrico County].
      • Richmond City
      • This Richmond is located in Richmond City and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Richmond.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Richmond [King County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • This Richmond is located in Walworth County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Richmond.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Richmond ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

How Far From Richmond to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Richmond to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richmond and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Richmond to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Richmond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richmond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Richmond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.0347, Longitude: -114.1181    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Richmond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Richmond could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Richmond to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.286 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.076 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.99 degrees.









 

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