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Rīċemund ( /ˈrɪtʃmənd/) (Niwenglisc: Richmond) þe mǣneþ on Englisce Stīðbeorgburh is sēo Ġemǣne of Firginiæ, on þǣre Mīddangeard and Iacobus Ēa. Hēo is an ūtenweard būrȝ and nis nā dǣl hwilces scīres. Þā þēodsetlu wiþinnan þǣre būrȝ ārās tō 204,214 on 2010,[1] mid ānre ætēowedre þāra, 1,258,251, for þǣre Rīċemunde Ġeþēode — þæt ġehwǣre is þridde mǣste on Virginia.[2]
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Gestaðelod | 1607 |
Brego | Levar Stoney |
Bradnes • gerim |
161.821914 km² |
Hiehþu | 45 m |
Leodræden • buend |
226,610 buenda |
Tidgyrdel | Eastern Time Zone, UTC−05:00, UTC−04:00 |
Sprecungrim | 804 |
Webstede | Webstede |
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Rīċemund is æt þǣre fealle līne of þǣre Ġamesrīfer, 108 miles (174 km) sūþ of Hwæsingatun, D.C., 71 miles (114 km) ēast of Ceorlṭūn, Firginiæ, and 54 miles (87 km) west of Wīglēodbyrig, Uirginiæ. Ymbeƿeged fram Henricusceaster and Cēsterfeld scīre, sēo būrȝ is æt þǣre ġelimpnysse of Āfirnessfēþera 95 and Āfirnessfēþera 64, and ymberiden mid Āfirnessfēþera 295 and Firginiæ Wēadūna 288.
Rīċemund bigann swā sēo sǣcundung þāra Powhatan Cyningrīces, and wæs ānġēancode bī Engliscum ǣþelingum fram Iacobustūn on 1609, and on 1610–11. Englisc sceapere fundode eft tō byldigean ānne ēċan burh on 1737. Hēo wearþ sēo ġemēneþswara þǣre Cōlōnige and Ġebīodes Firginiælandes on 1780. Under þām fēolcanne Amēriciscra Gūða tīde wæs þā būrȝ cūþe for Patrick Henry's "Gīef mē līberātas oþþe mē dead" rǣdinge on 1775 æt Sānct Iōhannes Ēpiscopāl Godeshūse, and þār wæs geglengan þām Firginiælandes Ġebīodscīgung forƿriten fram Thomas Jefferson. Under þām Amēriciscan Cīegewaru tīde, þā būrȝ þēowode swā þǣre Ġecyndrīce Ġeāþfēondscīres ƿiotung. Þā būrȝ ingēþah þā 20. hund ȝēara ƿearþ ānra ǣresta ǣnlicera ǣlchēalda strǣtcara sƿīþhād.
Rīċemundes ēaþƿearg is ǣgðer ġeondrifen bȳ ēa, feohweardnysse, and rīce. Hēo hæfþ ǣlcre ƿīsan, rīces, and lēodȳr, þāƿla ƿiþinnan hire ġedūne. Sēo ġedūn hæfþ eac ātēowunga for Hīehȳndelofered Scīrēafa tō þǣre Fēorþan Circuit of 13 ǣlčēaldra scīrēafa and for þǣre Fæderlīcan Ƿiðersēonƿe Banca Firginiælandes, of 12 ġeōſe ġeāðlēana. Dominion Resources, Carmax, Genworth Financial, and MeadWestvaco, Fortune 500 ǣlčēalda, þǣre ƿiþinnan hire ǣtēawunga bringaþ fēorþȳne.
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