Henrico is the name used by the
U.S. Postal Service
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for several
ZIP code areas in unincorporated parts of
Henrico County, Virginia
Henrico County , officially the County of Henrico, is a County (United States), county located in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population wa ...
, surrounding the city of
Richmond
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* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
. "Other acceptable cities" listed by the USPS for parts of Henrico are Richmond,
Highland Springs,
Regency
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, and
Ridge
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, whereas
Millers,
Montrose,
Montrose Heights,
Staples Mill,
Tuckahoe,
Varina, and
Westbury are alternate names for portions of Henrico that are not recommended for use in mailing addresses.
Henrico is identified in the
National Register of Historic Places
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's NRIS database as being the location of, or nearest community to, the
Curles Neck Farm.
[Note, however, the NRIS identification of location for another place identified in NRIS as being in or near Henrico, Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill, seems to have been a typo; the full NRHP application for this other place shows it is just a place in Henrico County, and is not located in or near a community of Henrico.]
References
Geography of Henrico County, Virginia
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