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Renting an Apartment in Richmond
What You Should Know
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States.
Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent
city and not part of any county (Richmond County is unrelated, and located more
than 53 miles (85 km) away in the northeast region of the state). Richmond is
the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater
Richmond area. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, the city is
located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64 in central
Virginia. As of 2006, the city's estimated population is 192,913, with a metro
area population of approximately 1.2 million.
The site of Richmond, at the fall line of the James River in the Piedmont region
of Virginia, was briefly settled by English settlers from Jamestown in 1607,
near the site of a significant native settlement. The present city of Richmond
was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of
Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events
occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's, "Give me liberty or give me
death," speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom in 1779; the latter of which was written by Thomas Jefferson
in the city. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of
the Confederate States of America, and many important civil war landmarks remain
in the city today.
Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government with
several notable legal and banking firms, as well as federal, state, and local
governmental agenices, located in the downtown area. The Richmond area was
ranked 3rd best city for business by MarketWatch in 2007. Richmond is one of
twelve cities in the United States to be home to a Federal Reserve Bank. There
are also nine Fortune 500, and thirteen Fortune 1000 companies, in the city.
Richmond is also home to several smaller companies which contribute to its small
town, friendly, southern atmosphere.
Residents of the city are commonly referred to as Richmonders, and they may
refer to their city in everyday language as, RVA, RIC, (its airport code or The
804 (its area code)