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In the 1860 United States census, Richmond was the 25th largest urban area in the United States, with a population of 37,910. [1] [2] The city had been the capital of Virginia since 1780, and became the third largest city in the Confederacy. [3]
Richmond's population had reached 60,600 by 1880, ... Industrialization, Social Control, and Residency in Richmond City, 1850–1860," Slavery and Abolition 33 ...
1860 - Population:37,910. ... Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced that an International Mountain Bicycling Association Richmond Region Ride Center would open in ...
This is a list of the largest cities in each U.S. state and territory by historical population, as enumerated every decade by the United States Census, starting with the 1790 Census. Data for the tables below is drawn from U.S. Census Bureau reports. For the 1990 Census and earlier, the primary resource is the 2005 Working Paper number POP ...
By 1860 there were 58,042 free people of color (black or mulatto, as classified in the census) in Virginia. [28] Over the decades, many had gathered in the cities of Richmond and Petersburg where there were more job opportunities. Others were landowners who had working farms, or found acceptance from neighbors in the frontier areas of Virginia.
The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [ 1 ] in 33 states and 10 organized territories.
Richmond (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ m ə n d / RITCH-mənd) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city since 1871. The city's population in the 2020 census was 226,610, up from 204,214 in 2010, [7] making it Virginia's fourth-most populous city. [8]
This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899. 1860s ... Richmond, Virginia, ... U.S. population exceeds 50 million;