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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Richmond County is a county located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state in the United States. As of 2000, the population was 8,809. Its county seat is Warsaw. The rural county should not be confused with the large city and state capital Richmond, Virginia, which is over an hour's drive away.
History
'Old' Rappahannock County was formed from Lancaster County on 11 December 1656. It functioned as a county until 1692, when it was abolished and split into Essex County and Richmond County. At the same time, Farnham Parish was divided into North Farnham Parish (Richmond County) and South Farnham Parish (Essex County.) The Rappahannock County records were retained by Essex County. The main reason for the division was the physical separation of the two jurisdictions by the Rappahannock River.
An anomaly of this division was that the parent county, and its court, were abolished entirely and substituted by two new counties and two new parishes.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1692 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1692 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1692 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1810 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1853 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 6,985
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| 1800 | 13,744
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| 1810 | 6,214
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| 1820 | 5,706
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| 1830 | 6,055
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| 1840 | 5,965
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| 1850 | 6,448
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| 1860 | 6,856
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| 1870 | 6,503
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| 1880 | 7,195
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| 1890 | 7,146
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| 1900 | 7,088
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| 1910 | 7,415
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| 1920 | 7,434
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| 1930 | 6,878
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| 1940 | 6,634
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| 1950 | 6,189
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| 1960 | 6,375
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| 1970 | 5,841
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| 1980 | 6,952
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| 1990 | 7,273
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Note: Westmoreland was reported with Richmond in 1800. Westmoreland's 1790 census boundaries were the same as those of 1810-1990.
Research Tips
Northern Neck, Virginia Research Guide
Statutes at Large, Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619 by W. W. Hening - online!
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