Church Hill
Church Hill, also known as the St. John's Church Historic District, is an Old and Historic District in Richmond, Virginia. This district encompasses the original land plat of the city of Richmond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter with 2,330 residents
- Description: human settlement in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia” and “St. John’s Church Historic District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Hill Tunnel and Church Hill North Historic District.
Church Hill Tunnel
Archaeological site
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Church Hill Tunnel is an old Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tunnel, built in the early 1870s, which extends approximately 4,000 feet under the Church Hill district of Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Church Hill North Historic District
Historic site
The Church Hill North Historic District is a historic district in Richmond, Virginia, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Union Hill.
East End
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is a district in Richmond, Virginia. This includes historic neighborhoods in Richmond such as Church Hill, Fairmount, and Union Hill, more modern developments such as Fulton, Powhatan Hill, Fulton Hill, and Montrose Heights, and public housing communities such as Fairfield Court, Creighton Court, Whitcomb Court, and Mosby Court.
Union Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
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 William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Church Hill
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, and locality
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.53047° or 37° 31′ 50″ northLongitude
-77.41442° or 77° 24′ 52″ westPopulation
2,330Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
8794GHJP+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 158582347OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4752693Wikidata ID
Q5116604
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Church Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “里士满希尔”
- Chinese: “里士滿希爾”
- Dutch: “Church Hill”
- Hungarian: “Church Hill”
- Welsh: “Church Hill”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chimborazo and Church Hill North.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Asbury Church Hill United Methodist Church and Chimborazo Elementary School.
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