  richmond is a town in ontario county, new york, united states. the population was 3,361 at the 2010 census. the town is on the western border of the county, south of rochester. == history ==  richmond was part of the phelps and gorham purchase. the area was first settled around 1790. the town was established in 1796 as "pittstown," but was later renamed "honeoye." in 1815, the name was changed to "richmond." more territory was added to richmond from the [[canadice, new york|town of canadice]
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