Southside

The Southside of Richmond is an area of the Metropolitan Statistical Area surrounding . It generally includes all portions of the City of Richmond that lie south of the James River, and includes all of the former city of Manchester.
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  • Type: neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Southside (Richmond, Virginia)”, “Southside, Richmond”, and “Southside, Richmond, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forest Hill Park and Carter Jones Skate Park.

Park
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, known for its "Stone house" called Boscobel, is a historic 105-acre urban park in . Starting as a private property, the park has had several owners and uses before its present one, the City of Richmond.

Pitch
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, also known as Fonticello Skate Park, is a located within Carter Jones Park in , , . Opened on July 28, 2013, officially as Fonticello Skate Park, is the city's first public skatepark and is maintained by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities.

Historic site
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is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in . It was erected in 1935, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manchester and Woodland Heights.

Quarter
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is a former independent city in in the . Prior to receiving independent status, it served as the county seat of , between 1870 and 1876.

Neighborhood
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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 .

Neighborhood
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The is a national historic district located at . The district encompasses 1,106 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures located south of downtown Richmond.

Southside

Latitude
37.5119° or 37° 30′ 43″ north
Longitude
-77.46511° or 77° 27′ 54″ west
Open location code
8794GG6M+QX
Wiki­data ID
Q7571040
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Japanese—“Southside” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Southside”
  • Italian: “Lato sud di Richmond”
  • Japanese: “サウスサイド”

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