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Bon Air is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 16,366 at the 2010 census. The community is considered a suburb of the independent city of Richmond in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a allowance of the Southside neighborhoods. Originally developed as a resort, a central allocation of Bon Air has been designated as a National Historic District in the appearance of many structures of Victorian design from the late 19th and before 20th centuries. Its herald means “good air,” reflecting its role as a resort getaway that wealthy Richmonders enjoyed for its fresh let breathe as anti the filthy air of Richmond’s industrial downtown of the late 19th century.

Bon Air is located extremely within Chesterfield County, Virginia and mostly within the 23235 zip code. It is bounded to the north by Huguenot Road, to the east by the city of Richmond, to the south by Midlothian Turnpike, and to the southwest by Robious Road.

Prior to the advent of the 1877 resort in Bon Air, the Place had some settlements. Brown Road and Belleau Drive each follow portions of the out of date Warwick Road that dates encourage to the 18th century Warwick plantation. The Bon Air Place came to be known as Brown’s Summit, probably named for the Brown relations farm which was located close the southwest corner of present-day intersection of Jahnke Road and Brown Road.