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Richmond West is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, located about 21 miles southwest of downtown Miami, with part of Zoo Miami lying just to its east.

Richmond West began in the early 1900s as a farming settlement named Eureka, where a one-room schoolhouse, the Eureka Schoolhouse, was built in 1907.

In 1927 the Seaboard Air Line Railway arrived and built a depot in the settlement, by then known as Richmond; the rail line, now owned by CSX, still runs through the area although the depot is long gone.

The 1945 Homestead hurricane caused an estimated $50 million in damage around Richmond West, including a fire at the neighboring Richmond Naval Air Station that destroyed 25 blimps and 366 planes.

Richmond West remained mostly agricultural until the mid-1980s, and in August 1992 Hurricane Andrew destroyed its Dadeland Mobile Home Park and devastated the surrounding area before it was gradually rebuilt.

Richmond West's population exploded from just 8,583 in 1990 to 28,082 in 2000, and reached 35,884 at the 2020 census.

Richmond West has about 10,500 households, and about 82.7% of its residents are Hispanic or Latino, one of the highest shares in Miami-Dade County.

Despite its suburban density of about 8,600 people per square mile, Richmond West covers only about 4.3 square miles in total.