Manchester
Manchester is a former independent city in Virginia in the United States. Prior to receiving independent status, it served as the county seat of Chesterfield County, between 1870 and 1876.Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Manchester, Richmond, Virginia” and “Manchester, VA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hull Street Branch Library and Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway.
Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway
Historic site
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1935, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodland Heights and Shockoe Slip.
Woodland Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Woodland Heights is a neighborhood in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It began as a trolleycar neighborhood in the early 1900s and was built up along the James River beside Forest Hill Park.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Oregon Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Manchester
Latitude
37.52098° or 37° 31′ 16″ northLongitude
-77.44415° or 77° 26′ 39″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Named after
ManchesterOpen location code
8794GHC4+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 158616806OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4771428Wikidata ID
Q6747234
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Satellite Map
Discover Manchester from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Manchester” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Manchester”
- French: “Manchester”
- German: “Manchester”
- Gilaki: “منچستر (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “منچستر”
- Hungarian: “Manchester”
- Irish: “Manchester”
- Russian: “Манчестер”
- Serbian: “Манчестер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manchester, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Manchester”
- Urdu: “مانچسٹر، رچمنڈ، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “مانچسٹر”
- Welsh: “Manchester, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Manchester”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hull Street Station Richmond Post Office and Richmond Manchester General District Court.
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