Richmond, Virginia, is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the fifth largest city in the state in terms of population, and the main anchor city for the

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, the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the Commonwealth, and the 43rd largest in the United States. The

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is divided into five distinct districts, each district is further subdivided into several neighborhoods, although there is no formal criterion as to what defines a neighborhood within the City of Richmond. The five districts of Richmond are

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, North Side, Southside, and West End. Below is a list of neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia, divided by their district:

Downtown

* Arts District * Biotech and MCV * City Center *

Court End image:Court End, Richmond, 2005.JPG, 250px, 1000 block E. Clay Street Court End is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, that sits to the north of the Capitol Square and East Broad Street. It developed in the Federal style architecture, Federal ...

Gambles Hill Gambles Hill is a neighborhood near Downtown Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood contains the Virginia War Monument, Historic Tredegar, Brown's Island and the WestRock Corporation. History Modern day Gambles Hill was first occupied by Willi ...

* Jackson Ward *

Monroe Ward Monroe Ward is a historic neighborhood in Downtown Richmond. It is East of the Fan district and includes several apartment buildings, usually with VCU students living in them. Recently, VCU expanded its Monroe Park campus into the Monroe Ward wit ...

* Midtown * Shockoe Bottom * Shockoe Slip * Upper Shockoe Valley

East End

* Brauers *

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* Church Hill * Creighton * Eastview * Fairfield * Fairmount * Fulton Hill * Montrose Heights * Mosby * Navy Hill * Oakwood * Peter Paul * Tobacco Row * Union Hill *

Witcomb Court Whitcomb Court is a Public Housing Project in the East End part of Richmond, Virginia that is north of Union Hill. The Housing Project is tucked away by the interchange of U.S. Route 360 Mechanicsville Turnpike and Interstate 64. Whitcomb and Susse ...

North Side

Barton Heights Barton Heights is a streetcar suburb neighborhood and former town in the Northside area of Richmond, Virginia. The area was primarily developed between 1890 and the 1920s. an''Accompanying photo''an''Accompanying map'' History Begun as an a ...

* Bellevue *

Chamberlayne Industrial Center The Chamberlayne Industrial Center, sometimes simply known as Chamberlayne is a heavy industry district within the boundaries of Richmond, Virginia's North Side region. The neighborhood contains a mixture of residential, commercial industrial-zone ...

* Edgewood * Gilpin * Ginter Park * Green Park * Hermitage Road * Highland Park * Highland Terrace * Laburnum Park *

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North Highland Park North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

* Pine Camp *

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* Rosedale * Sherwood Park *

South Barton Heights South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

* Three Corners * Washington Park

Southside

* Ancarrow's Landing * Bellemeade * Belmont Woods * Blackwell *

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* Broad Rock * Brookbury * Cherry Gardens * Chippenham Forest * Cofer * Cottrell Farms * Forest Hill * Gravel Hill * Hickory Hill * Hillside Court * Huguenot * Jahnke *

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* Maury * McGuire * North Chesterfield * Northrop * Oak Grove * Oxford * Piney Knolls * South Richmond * Southampton * Stoney Point * Stratford Hills * Swansboro * Walmsley * Warwick * Windsor * Woodhaven * Woodland Heights * Worthington

West End

* Byrd Park * Carillon * Carver * Carytown * Colonial Place *

Byrd Park Byrd Park, also known as William Byrd Park, is a public park located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, north of the James River and adjacent to Maymont. The park includes a mile-long trail with exercise stops, monuments, an amphitheatre, an ...

* The Fan * Malvern Gardens * Maymount * Museum District * Newtowne West *

Oregon Hill Oregon Hill is a historic working class, working-class neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. Oregon Hill overlooks the James River (Virginia), James River and Belle Isle (Virginia), Belle Isle, and provides access to Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, ...

* Randolph * Rhoadmiller * Scott's Addition * Stadium * Stonewall Court * West of the Boulevard * Westhampton * Willow Lawn * Wilton *

Windsor Farms Windsor Farms is a 20th-century neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia, of primarily Colonial Revival design. Designed in 1926, Windsor Farms is one of Richmond's first planned neighborhoods. It was designed to look like an English village, with curv ...

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Neighborhoods In Richmond, Virginia A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...