Richmond (Rhode Island)
Washington County
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Richmond is a city in Washington County, Rhode Iceland, United States.
Geography
Richmond is dominated by agriculture and is located about 35 km southwest of Providence, capital of Rhode Iceland. The city area is wooded for the most part and has an area of 105.6 km ² at an average altitude of 43 m above sea level. To the west of the city of Wood River runs to the north and east is the area of the city of Exeter, in the east of South Kingstown. In the south, bordering the urban area on the Pawcatuck River. Through the eastern city Interstate 95 between New Haven and Providence runs.
The actual center of Richmond is not an enclosed village, it consists of a scattered group of houses around the town hall ( Richmond Town Hall ) and the Elementary School (Richmond Elementary School ). Because of the characteristics of administrative divisions of New England are the villages of Alton, Arcadia, Carolina, Hope Valley, Kenyon, Shannock, Usquepaugh, Woodville, and Wyoming in the city of Richmond.
Population
At the 2000 census, 7,222 inhabitants were counted. Almost 97 % of them were white. The per capita income was 22,351 dollars, 3 % of the population lived below the poverty line. By 2010, the population increased by 6.7% to 7,708 inhabitants.
History
The area of southern Rhode Iceland - and thus also the later of Richmond - was originally inhabited by the Narragansett Indians. From the beginning of the 17th century, the settlement began by British expatriates, who are increasingly spread out in New England and founded colonies.
Due to ongoing disputes between the English colonies in Rhode Iceland, Connecticut and Massachusetts imputed King Charles II in 1665 the disputed territory under its own administration and called it King's County. In 1669 the county was first converted into the city Westerly, and then divided gradually into the four independent areas Westerly, Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton. Richmond was founded in 1774 as the last of the four areas as an independent town after the Administrative Law at the New England states.
Like many other cities and towns in Rhode Iceland benefited the Settlers of the hydropower plenty available, so that even in the Richmond area could develop a small-scale industry of woolen and textile manufacturing and iron production, which gathered around some mills.
Today, neither agriculture nor small industries play a role in Richmond. Most residents work outside the urban area, which is estimated as a residential area because of its rural character.
In National Register of Historic Places four objects are listed in Richmond, the Carolina Village Historic District, the John Hoxsie House, the Shannock Historic District and the Wyoming Village Historic District.