Early residents of the city include many prominent figures in Texas lore such as Jane Long, Deaf Smith, and Mirabeau Lamar, who are all buried in Richmond, as is Walter Moses Burton, the nation's first Black elected sheriff.

On August 16, 1889, the town was the site of the "Battle of Richmond", an armed fight culminating the Jaybird–Woodpecker War, a violent feud over post-Reconstruction political control of Fort Bend County.

[7][8] Historically Richmond had government agencies and nonprofit organizations, while most of the area private businesses were located in Rosenberg.

But in other ways, life in Richmond isn't so different from that in the big city, with its Wal-Mart and fast-food joints, check-cashing businesses and strip-center sprawl.

During the same year, the community included tack stores, two-lane blacktop roads, and horse ranches.

Jeannie Kever of the Houston Chronicle said that Winston Terrace is "a swath of mid-20th-century America, with sweeping oak trees and colorful brick or wood bungalows, named for the descendants of one of the region's most illustrious pioneers.

[11] The proximity to affordable and cheap land located off of the Grand Parkway (SH 99) and the Westpark tollway has allowed for multiple master planned communities to be built and take shape.

Fort Bend County Sheriffs department and local constables provide police support.

Multiple mass merchandisers and restaurants have opened locations along the grand parkway and this area continues to grow by leaps and bounds.

This area of unincorporated Richmond, in Fort Bend County, is split among precinct 3 and precinct 4 for voting purposes, and also split among US house districts 7 (Lizzie Fletcher, D) and district 22 (Troy Nehls, R) As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,627 people, 4,231 households, and 2,668 families residing in the city.

The George Foundation funded the 77,000 square feet (7,200 m2) library facility, designed by Ronald Wedemeyer Associates and built on 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land.

[21] In December 1989 the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, in accordance with Texas Local Government code §323.021(a), ordered the construction of a law library.

[21] The United States Postal Service Richmond Post Office is located at 5560 Farm to Market Road 1640.

[2] Children living within the corporate city limits of Richmond are served by Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.

[27] Elementary schools within the Richmond city limits include Jane Long,[28] Pink,[29] and Smith.

[33] Fort Bend County Public Transportation provides local bus service in Richmond.