Richmond Hill is an unincorporated community in northern Yadkin County

Yadkin County, North Carolina

- Cities and towns :*Boonville*East Bend*Jonesville*Yadkinville-Towns of the past:These towns were incorporated at one time:*Arlington, merged with Jonesville in 2001.*Hamptonville, chartered in 1818.*Huntsville, incorporated in 1792....

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, United States

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, along the Yadkin River

Yadkin River

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. The community is on the Yadkin County side of the river between the Surry County

Surry County, North Carolina

Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2010, the population was 73,673. Its county seat is Dobson.- History :The county was formed in 1771 from Rowan County...

 communities of Rockford

Rockford, North Carolina

-Geography:Rockford is situated along the Yadkin River in the Rockford Township of southern Surry County. Rockford sits along the former Southern Railway, now used by the Yadkin Valley Railroad, which follows the Yadkin River through Surry County.-History:...

 and Siloam

Siloam, North Carolina

Siloam is an unincorporated community in southeastern Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The Yadkin River makes up the community's southern border, and the Ararat River flows between it and the community of Shoals to the east...

. It is located in the Boonville

Boonville, North Carolina

This page is about the town in North Carolina. For other communities of the same name, see Boonville Boonville is a town in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States...

 ZIP code

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 area (27011).

Overview

The community of Richmond Hill is named for the residence of the same name of Richmond Mumford Pearson

Richmond Mumford Pearson

Richmond Mumford Pearson was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1858 to 1878. He was the father of Congressman Richmond Pearson and the father-in-law of North Carolina Governor Daniel Gould Fowle.Pearson lived much of his life in what is now...

, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

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. Pearson established a law school

Law school

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 in his home at Richmond Hill in 1848, which was conveniently near Rockford, then the county seat of a then combined Surry and Yadkin counties. The brick home of Pearson, built in 1861, was fully restored in the 1970s and is the centerpiece of the 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) Richmond Hill Law School & Nature Park.

Richmond Hill Baptist, established in 1889, is also in the community.

The community is also home to New Creation Monastery, founded in 1994 by Father John Hoover, a former parish priest who lives as a Benedictine monk.