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Short Pump is a census-designated place in Henrico County, Virginia, a suburb in Richmond's Far West End.

The community began as a crossroads village at the junction of Three Chopt Road, the Richmond Turnpike, and Pouncey Tract Road.

A tavern at the crossroads was expanded by Colonel Robert H. Saunders beginning in 1814 and became a stagecoach stop.

Local legend holds that Short Pump took its name from the short-handled water pump used to water stagecoach horses beneath the tavern's porch, though the name's origin is debated.

The name Short Pump appeared officially on an 1853 Henrico County map held by the Virginia Historical Society.

Travelers who passed through the old village included Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Lord Cornwallis, and Stonewall Jackson.

The 2020 census counted 30,626 residents in Short Pump, a jump of nearly 24 percent from 24,729 in 2010.

Short Pump's residents lived in 11,396 households in 2020, and the CDP covers about 9.1 square miles.

Short Pump has grown into an "edge city" retail and office hub anchored by Short Pump Town Center, a 1.2-million-square-foot open-air mall that opened in 2003.

The West Broad Village mixed-use development also sits in Short Pump, and the CDP borders the Innsbrook CDP to the east.