Richmond, Illinois Buildings in downtown Richmond, Illinois Location of Richmond inside Illinois Location of Richmond inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Richmond, Illinois Richmond is a village in Mc - Henry County, Illinois, United States, 44 miles south-southwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 55 miles northwest of Chicago.
Richmond will be the site for the Chicago Super and Sprint Weekend event, June 11 - 12, 2017, part of the Reebok Spartan Race.
Mc - Connell was Richmond's first settler, arriving in 1837 and erecting the village's first building, a log structure.
Eight other pioneer appeared in 1838 and expansion progressed quickly after that point. The first school was assembled on Mc - Connell's farm in 1841 and in 1844 the village was finally platted. The village was titled after Richmond, Vermont, the native home of a first settler. Mc - Connell and Dr.
Stone established a cheese factory in Richmond, and a creamery, other cheese factories, a box factory, a wagon works and a pickle factory followed. Most of Richmond's initial buildings were assembled from the mid-1840s through the 1860s and consisted of Greek Revival non-urban farmhouse and Richmond's commercial district.
Houses inside the village were assembled mostly in the Greek Revival style as well with later prominent homes cast in the Italianate or Second Empire styles. The village of Richmond was officially incorporated in 1872. On Christmas Eve 1902 a devastating fire swept through most of Richmond's commercial precinct destroying 20 buildings. The fire was a setback for Richmond's economic expansion as most of the buildings were either uninsured or underinsured.
Another building spurt did occur in Richmond between 1903 and 1905. Richmond is positioned at 42 28 19 N 88 18 27 W (42.471868, -88.307431). According to the 2010 census, Richmond has a total region of 4.22 square miles (10.93 km2), all land. In the village, the populace was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $52,361, and the median income for a family was $60,417.
About 2.6% of families and 6.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
"Memorial Hall, (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, April 26, 1993, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 4, 2008.
"Lucien Boneparte Covell House", (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, August 8, 1988, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 3, 2008.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Richmond municipal government's (Village of Richmond) website History of Richmond, Il.
Municipalities and communities of Mc - Henry County, Illinois, United States
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Richmond, Illinois - Villages in Mc - Henry County, Illinois - Villages in Illinois - Populated places established in 1844
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