In 2003, Jeannie Kever of the Houston Chronicle said, "Some of the old buildings have been reincarnated as shops or law offices. Downtown Houston is 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Richmond has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km 2), of which 3.9 square miles (10.2 km 2) are land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2), or 8.22%, is covered by water. US 90A leads east 8 miles (13 km) to Sugar Land and west through Rosenberg 19 miles (31 km) to East Bernard. Richmond is bordered to the southwest by the city of Rosenberg. Most of the city is situated on the southwest side of the Brazos River, with a small portion (Richmond Landing) on the northeast side, connected by US Highway 90A.
Richmond is located near the center of Fort Bend County. Historically Richmond had government agencies and nonprofit organizations, while most of the area private businesses were located in Rosenberg. The mayor from 1949 until his death in 2012 was Hilmar Moore. On August 16, 1889, the town was the site of the "Battle of Richmond", an armed fight culminating the Jaybird–Woodpecker War, a violent feud over post-Reconstruction political control of Fort Bend County. Early residents of the city include many prominent figures in Texas lore such as Jane Long, Deaf Smith, and Mirabeau Lamar, who are all buried in Richmond, as is Walter Moses Burton, the nation's first Black elected sheriff. Named after Richmond, England, the town was among the 19 cities first incorporated by the short-lived Republic of Texas, in 1837. In 1822, a group of Austin's colonists went up the Brazos River, stopping near present-day Richmond where they built a fort called "Fort Bend". It is home to the founders of the former company Oswego, Nick Mide and Trace. The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Richmond is a city in and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
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