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Henrico County, Virginia

Henrico is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. As of 2012, Henrico was home to 314,881 people. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Established as the Citie of Henricus in 1611 by the Virginia Company, Henrico became one of the eight original English shires (counties) in 1634. Henrico is one of the oldest counties in the United States.

Located at 37.55, -77.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1634 establishments in Virginia, Virginia counties, Henrico County, Virginia, Counties on the James River (Virginia), Virginia shires, Geography of Richmond, Virginia, Populated places established in 1634

Armstrong High School (Richmond, Virginia)

Armstrong High School, part of the Richmond Public Schools system, is a high school located in Richmond, Virginia, with grades 9-12. Known at first as the Richmond Colored Normal School, Armstrong was the first public school in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, for African American students. Founded in the early 1870s, the Colored Normal School was initially financed by the federal Freedmen's Bureau until it was made part of the Richmond city school system in 1876.

Located at 37.5522, -77.4031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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High schools in Richmond, Virginia, Educational institutions established in 1865, Public high schools in Virginia, Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States

Tobacco Row, Richmond

Tobacco Row is a collection of tobacco warehouses and cigarette factories in Richmond, Virginia adjacent to the James River and Kanawha Canal near its eastern terminus at the head of navigation of the James River.

Located at 37.5296, -77.4243 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia, James River (Virginia), Warehouse districts of the United States, Economy of Richmond, Virginia, History of Richmond, Virginia

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, part of the Richmond Public Schools system, is a middle school located in Richmond, Virginia, USA with roughly 800 students in grades 6 through 8.

Located at 37.5423, -77.4208 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1964, Public middle schools in Virginia, Schools in Richmond, Virginia

Church Hill Tunnel

Church Hill Tunnel is an old Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) tunnel extending for approximately 4,000 feet under the Church Hill section of Richmond, Virginia. Built in the early 1870s, in 1925, the tunnel collapsed on a work train killing four and trapping a steam locomotive and some flat cars. Rescue efforts only resulted in further collapse, and the tunnel was eventually sealed for safety reasons.

Located at 37.5269, -77.4144 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Railroad tunnels in Virginia, Former CSX Transportation bridges and tunnels, Transportation in Richmond, Virginia, Tunnels completed in 1875

East End (Richmond, Virginia)

The East End of Richmond, Virginia is the quadrant of the City of Richmond, Virginia, and more loosely the Richmond metropolitan area, east of the downtown.

Located at 37.5356, -77.4089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia, Populated places in Virginia with African American majority populations

Church Hill, Virginia

Church Hill is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.

Located at 37.535, -77.4219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Populated places in Richmond County, Virginia

Woodland Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery located in Northeast Richmond, Virginia. It is the second largest African American cemetery in the area, surpassed only by Evergreen Cemetery. The Cemetery was founded by the Richmond Planet editor John Mitchell Junior who designed the layout of the cemetery himself. The cemetery is designed in the rural cemetery style and incorporates winding roads on terraced slopes.

Located at 37.5504, -77.4125 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia, African-American cemeteries, African-American history of Virginia

Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District

The Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District is a historic district of 434 acres in Richmond, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and then included 1,284 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, five contributing objects and four contributing sites. It includes work by architect D. Wiley Anderson.

Located at 37.5287, -77.4071 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture, Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia