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Today Richmond is home to more than 200,000 people


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The area was first settled by Englishmen in 1609, and called "West Fort." The town was formally founded and called Richmond in 1737. Today Richmond itself is home to more than 200,000 people, and the greater metropolitan area more than 1.2 million.
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