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Welcome to Richmond ...The city of Richmond is located on the Gulf Coast. Richmond is located in Fort Bend County<1> and is the County Seat for Fort Bend County. The location of Richmond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Richmond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Richmond has a population of 12,555 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Richmond is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Richmond lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Richmond: (281)<5>, (713) & (832). The ZIP codes for Richmond: 77406, 77469<6> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Richmond had an population of 12,555 people. This is an increase of 7.5% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.3% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Richmond had a population of 11,679 people. This makes Richmond the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Richmond represents 0.05% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 193rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 11,679 people, the population of Richmond increased 5.4% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 11,081 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Richmond. Communities Also Named Richmond ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 62 communities that are also named Richmond - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Prince Edward Island, Quebec (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Richmond. Communities near Richmond ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Richmond.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Richmond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Richmond. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Richmond. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmond. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmond. Our list includes 17 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Richmond. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Richmond ...Looking for more information about Richmond? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Richmond, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Richmond. Adding Richmond to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Richmond in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Richmond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Richmond in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Richmond. Off-the-Road Links ...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 Fort Bend County: www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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