Editing Richmond, Texas (section)

==Geography==
Richmond is located near the center of Fort Bend County.  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 [[U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)|US Highway 90A]]. Richmond is bordered to the southwest by the city of [[Rosenberg, Texas|Rosenberg]]. US 90A leads east {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Sugar Land, Texas|Sugar Land]] and west through Rosenberg {{convert|19|mi}} to [[East Bernard, Texas|East Bernard]]. Downtown [[Houston]] is {{convert|30|mi}} to the northeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city of Richmond has a total area of {{convert|11.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|10.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 8.22%, is covered by  water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4861892| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Richmond city, Texas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 30, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2003, Jeannie Kever of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' said, "Some of the old buildings have been reincarnated as shops or law offices. But in other ways, life in Richmond isn't so different from that in the big city, with its [[Wal-Mart]] and fast-food joints, check-cashing businesses and strip-center sprawl."<ref name="Kevermemoriesofhome"/> {{As of|2006}} several [[strip mall]]s are along [[U.S. Route 59]] south of town. During the same year, the community included tack stores, two-lane blacktop roads, and horse ranches. John P. Lopez of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said, "Richmond is a city of contradiction and transition. It's as if the place is not sure if it wants to be a part of Houston's bustle or remain a slow-paced farm and ranch town. It tries to be both," and, "It is part [[Acres Homes, Houston|Acres Homes]], part Fort Bend County Fair."<ref name="Lopez">Lopez, John P. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2006_4207194 Meet a pair of true Friday night lights]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Tuesday October 10, 2006. Sports 1. Retrieved on May 27, 2012.</ref>

===Communities===
The wealthiest neighborhood, as of 2003, in Richmond is Hillcrest. Winston Terrace, another neighborhood, had its first houses built in 1940. Construction increased around the end of [[World War II]]. Most of the houses were built between 1940 and 1965. Jeannie Kever of the ''Houston Chronicle'' said that Winston Terrace is "a swath of mid-20th-century America, with sweeping oak trees and colorful brick or wood bungalows, named for the descendants of one of the region's most illustrious pioneers."<ref name="Kevermemoriesofhome"/>

"Mud Alley" as of 1985 had older bars and strip clubs. Mud Alley is located in an area which, in 1985, housed most of the [[African Americans]] in Richmond.<ref>Muck, Patti. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1985_5845 Richmond probe over without comment]."{{deadlink|date=October 2022}} ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Tuesday April 2, 1985. Section 1, Page 1. Retrieved on May 27, 2012. Available from [[Newsbank]], accessible with a [[Houston Public Library]] library card.</ref> As of 1993 many police raids for drugs occurred in "Mud Alley".<ref>Muck, Patti. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1993_1169705 The grinches who stole . . . /Thieves take a big bite out of food pantry]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Saturday December 4, 1993. A38. Retrieved on May 27, 2012.</ref> "Mud Alley" was known by several other nicknames, including "Little Boomtown". Historically, the area had a lot of recreational drugs.<ref name="Lopez"/>

===Unincorporated areas of Richmond===
The proximity to affordable and cheap land located off of the Grand Parkway (SH 99) and the Westpark tollway has allowed for multiple master planned communities to be built and take shape. These communities in the 77406 and 77407 zip codes have Richmond addresses, but are not provided any city services since they are unincorporated and in the Extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the city of Houston. The respective MUD districts of the neighborhoods provide water, sewer and fire services. Fort Bend County Sheriffs department and local constables provide police support.

These communities include: [[Pecan Grove, Texas]], The lakes of Bella Terra, Long Meadow Farms, Lakemont, Aliana, Grand Mission, Grand Mission Estates, Twin Oaks Village, Fieldstone, Mission Trace, Mission Sierra, Waterside Estates, Candela, Deer Run Meadows, McCrary Meadows, Mandola Farms, and Harvest Green, among others.   Multiple mass merchandisers and restaurants have opened locations along the grand parkway and this area continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  Estimates are there could be well over 25,000 homes and 10,000 apartment units with a population above 85,000 plus people. 

This area of unincorporated Richmond, in Fort Bend County, is split among precinct 3 and precinct 4 for voting purposes, and also split among US house districts 7 (Lizzie Fletcher, D) and district 22 (Troy Nehls, R)

===Climate===
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