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The area is composed of four independent cities, Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights, and nine counties, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New KentNew Kent County is a county located in the State of Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 13,462. Its county seat is New Kent 6. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Geogra, PowhatanPowhatan County is a county located in the State of Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 22,377. Its county seat is Powhatan 6. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Geogra, and Prince GeorgePrince George County is a county located in the State of Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 33,047. Its county seat is Prince George 6. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MS. The area also includes the town of AshlandAshland is a town located in Hanover County, Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,619. Ashland is home to Randolph-Macon College ( 1830). Geography Ashland is located at 37°45'34" North, 77°28'38" West (37. 759361, -77., which is located in Hanover County.
The Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which includes Petersburg, Hopewell and adjacent counties is home to approximately 842,000 Virginians.
The region is located approximately equidistant from Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Lynchburg. The area is home to the state's center of gravity of population--which, in 1980 was located thirty miles west of Richmond near the Powhatan-Goochland County border.
The area benefits from an excellent position in reference to the state's transportation network.
Several of the most heavily traveled highways in the state transverse the area, which includes the junctions of Interstate 64Interstate 64 is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is just west of an interchange with Missouri Highway K in St. Charles County, Missouri; its eastern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 264 and Interstate (which runs east-west), and Interstate Highways 85Interstate 85 is an interstate highway in the southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus intersects with Interstate 95 in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond. and 95 (which run north-south). These are
The area is also served by a comprehensive network of Interstate bypasses and spurs, and several non-interstate expressways. Sewveral of these local roads are funded by tolls, although tolls have long-been been removed from the area's first limited access highway, The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, which opened in 1958, and now forms a portion of I-95 and I-85.