Mayfair Place in Virginia
Destination Guide United States

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 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
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

East Highland Park, Virginia

East Highland Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, in the United States. The population was 14,796 at the 2010 census.

Located at 37.5708, -77.3967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in Henrico County, Virginia, Census-designated places in Virginia, Populated places in Virginia with African American majority populations

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 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
High schools in Richmond, Virginia, Educational institutions established in 1865, Public high schools in Virginia, Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States

Battle of Beaver Dam Creek

The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson's Mill, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the start of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's counter-offensive against the Union Army of the Potomac, under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, which threatened the Confederate capital of Richmond.

Located at 37.5985, -77.3599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
1862 in Virginia, Peninsula Campaign, Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Union victories of the American Civil War, Virginia in the American Civil War, Hanover County, Virginia, Conflicts in 1862

Evergreen Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

Evergreen Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, dating from 1891. Notable African-American Richmonders including Maggie L. Walker, John Mitchell, Jr. , A.D. Price, and Rev.J. Andrew Bowler are buried there. The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Much of the privately owned cemetery is completely overgrown with kudzu or is returning to forest.

Located at 37.5338, -77.3888 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia, African-American cemeteries, African-American history of Virginia

Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill

The Classic Amphitheatre at Strawberry Hill is a 10,000-seat outdoor concert venue in Richmond, Virginia that presented a summer-long concert series of major music acts from 1991 - 1999. Although still standing, the venue is no longer managed by any concert promoter, does not present a summer concert series, and is now primarily used for special events associated with the NASCAR races on the property as well as graduation ceremonies of local high schools.

Located at 37.59, -77.4175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Amphitheaters in the United States

Chestnut Hill, Richmond County, Virginia

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

Located at 37.5628, -77.4219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
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 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia, African-American cemeteries, African-American history of Virginia