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Richmond (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 33 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 077 27 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: At head of James River; long impotant as tobacco center; site of trading post 1637 & Fort Charles 1644; pillaged by British during Revolutionary War & by Union forces during Civil War; State Capitol building (begun in 1795) designed by Thomas Jefferson. |
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| Richmond (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for English settlement Richmond-Upon- Thames, by William Bird of Westover in 1733 |
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Richmond (independent city) (P) |
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Richmond (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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site explored in 1697 by settlers led by Christopher Newport & John Smith, shortly after the founding of Jamestown |
| city (C) |
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since 1782 |
| state capital (C) |
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since 1779 |
| county seat (C) |
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of Henrico county |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces chemicals, textiles, pharmaceuticals, wood & paper products |
| cultural center (C) |
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site of Confederate White House, Robert E Lee House & St. John's Church, scene of Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death " speech |
| university center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the Confederacy during the Civil War |
| battlefield (H) |
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city was burned on April 3, 1865 during Civil War |
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Virginia .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007919] |
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