{"id":5366,"date":"2000-01-10T09:16:36","date_gmt":"2000-01-10T14:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:05:55","slug":"richmond-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/richmond-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Foliage_in_richmond.jpg#\/media\/File:Foliage_in_richmond.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e3\/Foliage_in_richmond.jpg\/1200px-Foliage_in_richmond.jpg\" alt=\"View of a farm in Richmond\"\/><\/a><br \/>By <a href=\"\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Croosadabilia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"User:Croosadabilia (page does not exist)\">Croosadabilia<\/a> croosadabilia &#8211; <span class=\"int-own-work\" lang=\"en\">Own work<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\" title=\"Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=7856320\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Berkshires<\/strong> town of Richmond retains its rustic charm through progressive zoning bylaws and a newly-enacted local wetland bylaw. <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/dfwele\/dfw\/habitat\/maps\/ponds\/pdf\/dfwrichm.pdf\">Richmond Pond (Mass. DFW pdf)<\/a> is a 226 acre raised natural pond with a town beach and state boat ramp. Primarily residential, with many part-time residents from Boston and NYC, Richmond has just a few small businesses and several orchards and farms. Part-time residents include <strong>Gov. Deval Patrick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Richmond, MA facts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Town Hall: 1531 State Rd.<\/li>\n<li>Phone: (413) 698-3315<\/li>\n<li>Population: 1,604<\/li>\n<li>Settled\/Inc&#8217;d: 1760<\/li>\n<li>Named for: Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond<\/li>\n<li>Elevation: 1,107&#8242;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[mappress mapid=&#8221;122&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Croosadabilia croosadabilia &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link The Berkshires town of Richmond retains its rustic charm through progressive zoning bylaws and a newly-enacted local wetland bylaw. Richmond Pond (Mass. DFW pdf) is a 226 acre raised natural pond with a town beach and state boat ramp. Primarily residential, with many part-time residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-cities-and-towns","category-towns-and-cities","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27109,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5366\/revisions\/27109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}