Neighborhoods

The Neighborhoods feature class layer describes boundaries of community neighborhoods within the City of Richmond. Neighborhoods contain non-overlapping polygons that are coterminous with the City of Richmond Planning Districts. These polygons were defined according to commonly accepted boundaries of city neighborhoods, as interpreted from the following sources: 1) Sub-Division plats and other historic maps, 2) Civic Association boundaries, 3) Census Tracts, 4) general knowledge of the Division of Housing & Neighborhood Preservation staff. Economic and Community Development: