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

Greater Richmond Region The Greater Richmond Region, also known as the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia, is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the are ...

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

Downtown

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* Biotech and MCV *

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Court End 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 era, after Virginia's capital moved from Williamsburg. Bou ...

* Gambles Hill *

Jackson Ward Jackson Ward, previously known as Central Wards, is a historically African-American district in Richmond, Virginia, with a long tradition of African-American businesses. It is located less than a mile from the Virginia State Capitol, sitting ...

* Monroe Ward * Midtown *

Shockoe Bottom Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel ...

* Shockoe Slip * Upper Shockoe Valley

East End

* Brauers *

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* Church Hill * Creighton * Eastview * Fairfield * Fairmount *

Fulton Hill Fulton Hill is a neighborhood located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. The name is used for the area stretching from Gillies Creek to the Richmond city limits. The Greater Fulton Hill Civic Association includes Fulton Bottom, part of ...

* Montrose Heights * Mosby *

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* Oakwood * Peter Paul * Tobacco Row * Union Hill * Witcomb Court

Northside

* Barton Heights *

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* Chamberlayne Industrial Center * Edgewood * Gilpin *

Ginter Park Ginter Park is a suburban neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia built on land owned and developed by Lewis Ginter. The neighborhood's first well known resident was newspaperman Joseph Bryan, who lived in Laburnum, first built in 1883 and later reb ...

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* Hermitage Road * Highland Park *

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* Laburnum Park * Magnolia Industrial Center * North Highland Park *

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* Rosedale *

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* South Barton Heights * Three Corners * Washington Park

Southside

* Ancarrow's Landing * Bellemeade * Belmont Woods * Blackwell * 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 * 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, and ...

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

Oregon Hill Oregon Hill is a historic working-class neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. Oregon Hill overlooks the James River and Belle Isle, and provides access to Hollywood Cemetery. Due to the neighborhood's proximity to the Monroe Park Campus of Vir ...

* Randolph * Rhoadmiller * Scott's Addition * Stadium * Stonewall Court *

West of the Boulevard The Museum District, alternately known as West of the Boulevard, is a neighborhood in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It is anchored by the contiguous six-block tract of museums along the west side of Boulevard, including the Virginia Museum of F ...

* 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 earliest planned neighborhoods, modeled after an English village, with winding streets ...

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Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...

Neighborhoods In Richmond, Virginia A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...