Richmond is a city in eastern Wayne County,

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. Bordering the state of

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, it is the

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of Wayne County and is part of the

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In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 36,812. Situated largely within Wayne Township, its area includes a non-contiguous portion in nearby Boston Township, where

Richmond Municipal Airport Richmond Municipal Airport is six miles southeast of Richmond near Boston, in Wayne County, Indiana. It is owned by the Richmond Board of Aviation Commissioners. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a ''gen ...

is currently located. Richmond is sometimes called the "cradle of recorded jazz" because the earliest

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recordings and records were made at the studio of

Gennett Records Gennett (pronounced "jennett") was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, United States, which flourished in the 1920s. Gennett produced some of the earliest recordings by Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and H ...

, a division of the

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. Gennett Records was the first to record such artists as

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

Bix Beiderbecke Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical app ...

Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a gen ...

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music" to his radio, tele ...

, and

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...

. The city has twice received the

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, most recently in 2009.

History

In 1806 the first European Americans in the area,

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families from the state of

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, settled along the East Fork of the Whitewater River. This was part of a general westward migration in the early decades after the

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. John Smith was one of the earliest settlers. Richmond is still home to several Quaker institutions, including

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, Richmond Friends School,

Earlham College Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social ...

and the

Earlham School of Religion Earlham School of Religion (ESR), a graduate division of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana, is the oldest graduate seminary associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). ESR's Mission Statement is as follows: "Rooted in ...

. The first post office in Richmond was established in 1818 with Robert Morrison as the first postmaster. The town was officially incorporated in 1840, with John Sailor elected the first mayor. Early cinema and television pioneer

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grew up on a farm north of Richmond, where he began inventing useful gadgets. As the Richmond Telegram reported, on June 6, 1894, Jenkins gathered his family, friends and newsmen at his cousin's jewelry store in downtown Richmond and projected a filmed motion picture for the first time in front of an audience. The motion picture was of a vaudeville entertainer performing a butterfly dance, which Jenkins had filmed himself. Jenkins filed for a patent for the Phantoscope projector in November 1894 and it was issued in March 1895. A modified version of the Phantoscope was later sold to

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, who named it Edison's Vitascope and began projecting motion pictures in New York City

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theaters, raising the curtain on American cinema.

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is credited with founding the country's first complete high school orchestra at Richmond, and later founded the National High School Orchestra Camp, which became the

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in Michigan.

recorded " Stardust" for the first time in Richmond at the

Gennett Gennett (pronounced "jennett") was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, United States, which flourished in the 1920s. Gennett produced some of the earliest recordings by Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke, and ...

recording studio. Famed trumpeter and singer

was first recorded at Gennett as a member of

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and his Creole Jazz Band. Many other internationally famous musicians recorded at Gennett's Richmond facility, including

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, and

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...

. Gennett also recorded Klan musicians. A group of artists in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries came to be known as the

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. They included

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, Charles Conner, George Herbert Baker, Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer and John Albert Seaford. The

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has a collection of regional and American art. Many consider the most significant painting in the collection to be a self-portrait of Indiana-born

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. The city was connected to the

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, the first road built by the federal government and a major route west for pioneers of the 19th century. It became part of the system of

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s. The highway is now known as U.S. Route 40. One of the extant ''

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'' monuments was dedicated at Richmond on October 28, 1928. It sits in a corner of Glen Miller Park adjacent to

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. Richmond's cultural resources include two of Indiana's three

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. One is held by the Wayne County Historical Museum and the other by Earlham College's Joseph Moore Museum, leading to the local nickname "Mummy capital of Indiana". The arts were supported by a strong economy increasingly based on manufacturing. Richmond was once known as "the lawnmower capital" because it was a center for manufacturing of

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s from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Manufacturers included Davis, Motomower, Dille-McGuire and F&N. The farm machinery builder

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was based in Richmond. The Davis Aircraft Co., builder of a light

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monoplane, operated in Richmond beginning in 1929. After starting out in nearby Union City, Wayne Agricultural Works moved to Richmond. Wayne manufactured horse-drawn vehicles, including the "

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", a precursor of the motorized

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. From the early 1930s through the 1940s, Richmond had several automobile designers and manufacturers. Among the automobiles locally manufactured were the

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, built by the Wayne Works; the "Rodefeld"; the

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; the

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; the Westcott; and the

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. In the 1950s Wayne Works changed its name to

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, by then a well-known bus and school-bus manufacturer. In 1967 it relocated to a site adjacent to

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. The company was a leader in school-bus safety innovations, but closed in 1992 during a period of school-bus manufacturing industry consolidations. Richmond was known as the "

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City" because of the many varieties once grown there by Hill's Roses. The company had several sprawling complexes of

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s, with a total of about under glass. The annual Richmond Rose Festival honored the rose industry and was a popular summer attraction.

Downtown explosion

On April 6, 1968, an explosion triggered by a natural gas leak destroyed or damaged several downtown blocks and killed 41 people; more than 150 were injured. The event is documented in the book ''Death in a Sunny Street.''

Geography

Richmond is located at . According to the 2010 census, Richmond has a total area of , of which (or 99.35%) is land and (or 0.65%) is water. Richmond is located about 12 miles S of

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, the highest point in Indiana.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 36,812 people, 15,098 households, and 8,909 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 17,649 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 83.9%

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, 8.6%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.1%

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, 0.1%

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, 1.9% from

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, and 4.0% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.1% of the population. There were 15,098 households, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.0% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91. The median age in the city was 38.4 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.4% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 39,124 people, 16,287 households, and 9,918 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 17,647 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.78%

, 8.87%

, 0.27% Native American, 0.80%

, 0.06%

, 1.09% from

, and 2.14% from two or more races.

of any race were 2.03% of the population. Richmond-indiana-from-above

There were 16,287 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,210, and the median income for a family was $38,346. Males had a median income of $30,849 versus $21,164 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,096. About 12.1% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.8% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

Architecture

Richmond is noted for its rich stock of historic architecture. In 2003, a book entitled ''Richmond Indiana: Its Physical Development and Aesthetic Heritage to 1920'' by

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architectural historians, Michael and Mary Raddant Tomlan, was published by the

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. Particularly notable buildings are the 1902

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Station designed by Daniel H. Burnham of Chicago and the 1893 Wayne County Court House designed by

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. Local architects of note include John A. Hasecoster, William S. Kaufman and Stephen O. Yates. The significance of the architecture has been recognized. Five large districts, such as the Depot District, and several individual buildings are listed in the

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, the

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and the

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Educational institutions

*Richmond has four colleges:

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, and the Purdue Polytechnic Institute – Richmond. *Richmond is home to two

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(

) and

Bethany Theological Seminary Bethany Theological Seminary is the official seminary of the Church of the Brethren. Bethany, located in Richmond, Indiana, is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commissi ...

(

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) * Richmond High School includes the

and

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and the Tiernan Center, the 5th-largest high school gym in the United States. *

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(founded 2002), a junior and senior high school, is a religious high school. It is based in the former home of St. Andrew High School (1899–1936) and, more recently, St. Andrew Elementary School, adjacent to St. Andrew Church of the Richmond Catholic Community. The Richmond Japanese Language School (リッチモンド（IN）補習授業校 ''Ritchimondo(IN)Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') a part-time Japanese school, holds its classes at the Highland Heights School. The town has a lending library, the Morrisson Reeves Library.

Religious groups

*Richmond is the headquarters of

, and hosts the Quaker Hill Conference Center, of the

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(Quakers).

Transportation

Air

is a public-use airport five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southeast of Richmond's central business district. It is owned by the Richmond Board of Aviation Commissioners. It is also an

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of Richmond. Richmond's closest airport with commercial service is

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, just under an hour's drive to the east. To the west is

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, which is slightly farther away.

Road

Richmond is served by

at exits 149, 151, 153, and 156.

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service is provided by city-owned Roseview Transit, operating daily except Sundays and major holidays.

Rail

Into the late 1960s Richmond's Pennsylvania Railroad station was a hub for

, and later,

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, trains bound for Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and New York City. The last train at the station was

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's ''

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'' (

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Media

The daily newspaper is the

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''. Full-power radio stations include

WKBV WKBV (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format to the Richmond, Indiana, United States, area. The station is licensed to Rodgers Broadcasting Corporation and features programming from ABC Radio, ESPN Radio, Network Indiana and ...

WFMG WFMG (101.3 MHz G101.3) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Richmond, Indiana, and serving parts of Indiana and Ohio. It carries a Hot Adult Contemporary radio format and is owned by Whitewater Broadcasting, Along with formal employee ...

, WQLK, WKRT, and Earlham College's student-run public radio station WECI. Richmond is also served by WJYW which is repeated on 94.5 and 97.7. Area

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radio stations include WBSH in

Hagerstown, Indiana Hagerstown is a town in Jefferson Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,787. History Hagerstown was laid out and platted in 1832. The town was named after the city of Hagerstown, M ...

, and WMUB in

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. Richmond is considered to be within the

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, television market and has one full-power television station, WKOI, which is an

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owned and operated station. The city also has one county-wide

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(PEG) cable television station, Whitewater Community Television.

Points of interest

Hicksite Friends Meeting House Richmond IN

Hayes Arboretum The Hayes Arboretum is an arboretum of located in Richmond, Indiana, United States. It is open free to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. It is the primary project of the Stanley W. Hayes Research Foundation, a private ...

* Wayne County Historical Museum *

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* Gaar Mansion (house museum) * Joseph Moore Museum at Earlham College * Glen Miller Park and Madonna of the Trail statue *

Richmond Downtown Historic District The Richmond Downtown Historic District is an area of primarily commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings located along the National Roa ...

Old Richmond Historic District The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 212 contributing buildings located just ...

* Starr Historic District *

Richmond Railroad Station Historic District The Richmond Railroad Station Historic District is a group of historic commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. Historic District The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings the icon ...

Reeveston Place Historic District The Reeveston Place Historic District is a neighborhood of homes and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was platted in 1911 on land formerly owned by the family of Mark Reeves and the district encompass ...

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Don McBride Stadium Don McBride Stadium is a baseball ballpark built in 1936 at the corner of Northwest 13th Street and Peacock Road in Richmond, Indiana. It is named after Joseph Donald McBride, the former director of the Richmond Parks Department who oversaw develop ...

baseball ballpark built in 1936 * Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church (

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-designed interior and windows,

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organ) * Bethel AME Church (oldest

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church in Indiana: founded 1868) * Old National Road Welcome Center (convention and tourism bureau) *

Whitewater Gorge Park Whitewater forms in a rapid context, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and ...

and

Walk of Fame *

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hiking trail * Marceline Jones gravesite, Earlham Cemetery (

Jim Jones James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", ...

's wife, who died in the

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mass suicide) * Richmond Civic Theatre (plays, classic movies, and children's theater) * ''

'' statue at Glen Miller Park *

Records Walk of Fame

Notable people

Sister cities

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References

External links

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Morrison-Reeves Library Digital Collection

Richmond/Wayne County Convention and Tourism Bureau Inc.
* {{authority control Cities in Indiana County seats in Indiana Micropolitan areas of Indiana National Road Populated places established in 1806 Cities in Wayne County, Indiana 1806 establishments in the United States