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Richmond

Madison County, KY

Population

34,883

Walk Score

78 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$832

Median home value

$178,100

Founded

1798

Richmond is a city in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 34,585 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's seventh-largest city. It is the principal city of the Richmond–Berea micropolitan area, which includes all of Madison and Rockcastle counties and had 123,000 residents in 2020.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Battle of Richmond Historic Areas · listed 1996
  • Bogie Houses and Mill Site · listed 1976
  • Chenault House-Clays Ferry Dirt Road
  • Downtown Richmond Historic District · listed 1976
  • Eastern Kentucky University Historic District · listed 1984
  • Fort Boonesborough Townsite Historic District · listed 1994
  • Miller, William M., Farm, (Boundary Increase) · listed 2001
  • West Richmond Historic District · listed 1984

Notable landmarks

  • Arlington · listed 1983
  • Blair Park · listed 1983
  • Blythewood · listed 1989
  • Breck, Judge Daniel, House · listed 1976
  • Bronston Place · listed 1983
  • Burnawood · listed 1984
  • Chenault House · listed 1989
  • Clay, Brutus and Pattie Field, House · listed 1990
  • Cobb, Whitney, House · listed 1989
  • Covington House · listed 1989
  • Coy Site Complex · listed 1998
  • Dozier-Guess House · listed 1989
  • Duncannon · listed 1980
  • Elmwood · listed 2012
  • Fort Boonesborough Site · listed 1996
  • Hagan House · listed 1989
  • Holloway House
  • Holloway, William, House · listed 1983
  • Homelands · listed 1989
  • Irvinton · listed 1975
  • Karr House · listed 1989
  • Kellogg and Company Warehouse · listed 2017
  • Madison County Courthouse · listed 1975
  • Mason House · listed 1989
  • Miller, William M., House · listed 1979
  • …and 21 more

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