Editing Richmond, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Richmond was founded in 1798 by Colonel John Miller from [[Richmond, Virginia]]. A British American, Miller served with the [[Continental Army|rebels]] in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=COR>{{Cite web|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Our History|website=City of Richmond, Kentucky|date=March 27, 2017|url=https://www.richmond.ky.us/richmond-ky-history/|accessdate=April 22, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025130631/https://www.richmond.ky.us/richmond-ky-history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to lore, he was attracted to the area by its good spring water and friendly [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]]s.<ref name=COR/>

With the original county seat of Madison County being [[Milford, Kentucky]], Miller successfully lobbied the Kentucky legislature to move it from Milford to present-day Richmond.<ref name=COR/> Although the residents of Milford strongly opposed the move, the county approved the transfer in March 1798.<ref name=COR/> On July 4, 1798, the new town was named Richmond in honor of Miller's [[Virginia]] birthplace.<ref name=COR/><ref name="cityweb">[http://richmond.ky.us Chamber of Commerce website], "City History", retrieved August 28, 2009.</ref> Richmond was incorporated in 1809.<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA493|year=1877|page=493|publisher=Library Reprints, Incorporated |isbn=9780722249208}}</ref>

Kentucky was a southern border state during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and remained mostly in the Union, even though early in the war, 68 of 110 Kentucky counties seceded to join the Confederacy; however, the state largely came back under U.S. control after early 1862. On August 30, 1862, the [[Battle of Richmond]] took place. Confederate General [[Edmund Kirby Smith]] routed the Union General [[William "Bull" Nelson|William Nelson]], capturing or killing 5,300 of his 6,500 men.<ref name=COR/><ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2300 The History Channel website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430195617/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2300 |date=April 30, 2009 }} "This Day in History: August 30, 1862- The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky," retrieved August 28, 2009.</ref> One historian called this battle "the nearest thing to a [[Battle of Cannae|Cannae]] ever scored by any general, North or South, in the course of the whole war."<ref name=COR/><ref>Foote, Shelby, ''The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville'', Random House, 1958, {{ISBN|0-394-49517-9}}</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2014}}

In 1906, [[Eastern Kentucky University|Eastern Kentucky State Normal School]] was founded in Richmond to train teachers. The school graduated its first class of 11 teachers in 1909.<ref name=COR/> In 1922, it was established as a four-year college and in 1935 added a graduate degree program.<ref name=COR/> In 1965, the institution was renamed Eastern Kentucky University.<ref name=COR/><ref name="EKU">[http://www.eku.edu/about/ Eastern Kentucky University website], "About Eastern Kentucky University", retrieved August 28, 2009</ref>

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Richmond saw significant growth, becoming the state's [[List of cities in Kentucky|seventh-largest city]] in 2009.<ref name=COR/><ref name="US Census">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US21&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1-R&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9S&-_sse=on US Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212033928/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US21&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1-R&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9S&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, "Kentucky by Place", retrieved July 28, 2010</ref>