The name 'Richmond' predates incorporation of the city by more than fifty years.
Its population was 116,448 as of the 2020 census. Richmond is one of two cities, the other being San Rafael, that sits on the shores of both San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay.
The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a city council. Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States.