Richmond

Though it was a booming industrial center during World War II, the subsequent decades were not kind to Richmond, . Its thriving shipyards gave way to blight, and a reputation for violent crime kept visitors away.
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  • Type: City with 111,000 residents
  • Description: city in Contra Costa County, California, United States
  • Also known as: Richmond, CA” and “Richmond, California
  • Postal codes: 94801, 94802, 94804, 94805, 94807, 94808, and 94850
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center and Richmond station.

Hospital
Kaiser Richmond Medical Center is a large hospital in downtown Richmond, which serves 77,000 members registered under its medical plans.

Metro station
is an Amtrak intercity rail and Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in downtown Richmond, California. Richmond is the north terminus of BART service on the Orange Line and Red Line; it is a stop for Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and California Zephyr routes.

Casino
Casino San Pablo is a Native American reservation with a gambling hall located in . It is operated by the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Pablo and East Richmond Heights.

Town
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Though it was a booming industrial center during World War II, the subsequent decades were not kind to Richmond, . Its thriving shipyards gave way to blight, and a reputation for violent crime kept visitors away.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western , , United States. Its population was 3,460 at the 2020 census.

Village
is an unincorporated area in , a census-designated place with a population of 4,175 adjacent to and nearly surrounded by the city of Richmond.

Richmond

Latitude
37.9358° or 37° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
-122.3477° or 122° 20′ 52″ west
Population
111,000
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RCH
Open location code
849VWMP2+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150981381
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5387428
Wiki­data ID
Q495377
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Richmond” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ريتشموند
  • Armenian: Ռիչմոնդ
  • Azerbaijani: Riçmond
  • Basque: Richmond
  • Belarusian: Рычманд
  • Bengali: রিচমন্ড
  • Bulgarian: Ричмънд
  • Catalan: Richmond
  • Cebuano: Richmond
  • Chechen: Ричмонд
  • Chinese: 列治文/里士满/里奇蒙
  • Chinese: 列治文
  • Chinese: 里士满
  • Chinese: 里士滿
  • Chinese: 里奇蒙
  • Croatian: Richmond, Kalifornija
  • Croatian: Richmond
  • Czech: Richmond
  • Dagbani: Richmond
  • Danish: Richmond
  • Dutch: Richmond
  • Egyptian Arabic: ريتشموند
  • Esperanto: Richmond
  • Finnish: Richmond, CA
  • Finnish: Richmond
  • French: Richmond
  • German: Richmond
  • Gilaki: ريچمؤند
  • Greek: Ρίτσμοντ
  • Gujarati: રિચમંડ
  • Haitian: Richmond, Kalifòni
  • Haitian: Richmond
  • Hebrew: ריצ’מונד (קליפורניה)
  • Hebrew: ריצ’מונד
  • Hindi: रिचमंड
  • Hungarian: Richmond
  • Icelandic: Richmond
  • Indonesian: Richmond
  • Irish: Richmond, California
  • Irish: Richmond
  • Italian: Richmond
  • Japanese: リッチモンド
  • Kannada: ರಿಚ್ಮಂಡ್
  • Korean: 리치먼드
  • Ladin: Richmond
  • Latvian: Ričmonda
  • Lithuanian: Ričmondas
  • Malagasy: Richmond, Kalifornia
  • Malagasy: Richmond
  • Malay: Richmond
  • Malayalam: റിച്ചമണ്ട്
  • Malayalam: റിച്ച്മണ്ട്, കാലിഫോർണിയ
  • Malayalam: റിച്ച്മണ്ട്
  • Marathi: रिचमंड
  • Mazanderani: ریچموند
  • Newari: रिचमंड (क्यालिफोर्निया)
  • Newari: रिचमंड, क्यालिफोर्निया
  • Newari: रिचमंड
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Richmond
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Richmond
  • Norwegian: Richmond
  • Pampanga: Richmond, California
  • Pampanga: Richmond
  • Persian: ریچموند، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: ریچموند
  • Polish: Richmond
  • Portuguese: Richmond
  • Romanian: Richmond
  • Russian: Ричмонд
  • Serbian: Richmond
  • Serbian: Ričmond
  • Serbian: Ричмонд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Richmond, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: Richmond
  • Sinhala: රිච්මන්ඩ්
  • Slovenian: Richmond
  • South Azerbaijani: ریچموند، کالیفورنیا
  • Spanish: Richmond (California)
  • Spanish: Richmond
  • Swahili: Richmond, California
  • Swahili: Richmond
  • Swedish: Richmond, Kalifornien
  • Swedish: Richmond
  • Tagalog: Richmond, California
  • Tagalog: Richmond
  • Talysh: Riçmond(Kaliforniya)
  • Talysh: Ricmond
  • Talysh: Riçmond
  • Tamil: ரிச்மண்ட்
  • Tatar: Ричмонд (Калифорния)
  • Tatar: Ричмонд
  • Telugu: రిచ్ మన్డ్
  • Thai: ริชมอนด์
  • Turkish: Richmond, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Richmond
  • Ukrainian: Ричмонд
  • Ukrainian: Річмонд
  • Urdu: رچمنڈ، کیلیفورنیا
  • Uzbek: Richmond
  • Uzbek: Ричмонд
  • Venetian: Richmond
  • Vietnamese: Richmond, California
  • Vietnamese: Richmond
  • Volapük: Richmond
  • Waray (Philippines): Richmond, California
  • Waray (Philippines): Richmond

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