Richmond MI Homes & Real Estate

Richmond is a city within Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,735 at the 2010 census. Most of the city is located in Macomb County, though there is a small portion in neighboring St. Clair County. The city is adjacent to Richmond Township and Lenox Township in Macomb County, although it is administratively autonomous. It is also adjacent to St. Clair County's Columbus Township and Casco Township.

• Muttonville is located in the southeastern part of the city on the boundary with adjacent Casco Township in St. Clair County at 42°47′47″N 82°44′07″W.^[4] It was so named because it was the principal slaughterhouse for what was predominantly a sheep raising area. 

• According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.89 square miles (7.49 km²), of which 2.85 square miles (7.38 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) is water.^[6]

  • Richmond is considered an outer-ring Detroit suburb and is located within Metro Detroit.
    • It is sometimes considered to be part of the Thumb of Michigan
    • Richmond can also be considered as in the Blue Water Area, a subregion of the Thumb.
    • In 1835, Erastus Beebe set out with two brothers and several other people to create a new city out of a wilderness area in Michigan. He founded Beebe's Corners, which in 1878 agreed to join with the two nearest neighboring communities of Ridgeway and Cooper Town to form the Village of Richmond. In 1879, the Michigan Legislature officially created the village charter. In 1989, the city annexed the Muttonville area of Lenox Township, parts of Richmond Township in Macomb County, and part of Casco and Columbus Townships in St. Clair County.
    • • Andrea LaFontaine, elected as a Republican state representative in 2010 at the age of 23. She received a great deal of press attention because of her youth.
        
      • Steve Mazur, lead guitarist for Our lady peace
      • Joseph Cella, former United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Nauru. He was raised in Richmond, and is a 1983 graduate of St. Augustine Catholic School in Richmond.^[11]
      • Jeff Gutt Lead Singer for Stone Temple Pilots

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