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Manassas city, Virginia

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5historic places

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1975formed

42,772pop. 2020

3cemeteries

11CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1988. Most listings are in or near Manassas (Independent City), Manassas.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Manassas city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Annaburg	Manassas	Building	2022
Cannon Branch Fort	Manassas (Independent City)	Site	1999
Manassas Historic District	Manassas (Independent City)	District	1988
Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth	Manassas (Independent City)	Site	1994
Manassas Water Tower	Manassas (Independent City)	Structure	2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Manassas (Ic) was formed in 1975 (1975-05-01) from unknown / original county.

Manassas made an independent city from PRINCE WILLIAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Manassas city population from 1980 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1980	2000	2020
15,438	35,135	42,772

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Park unit	9.1 km
Prince William Forest Park	Park unit	21.3 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

3 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Cannon Branch Cemetery	38.74246	-77.51209
Rose Hill Cemetery	38.74543	-77.50506
Winston Cemetery (historical)	None	None

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Manassas Station Ops.	1,940	4.3 km	VA024
Blackburn'S Ford	1,115	6.3 km	VA004
Bristoe Station	5,578	6.9 km	VA040
Manassas I	9,225	7.7 km	VA005
Manassas Ii	6,933	10.2 km	VA026
Chantilly	562	16.3 km	VA027
Buckland Mills	2,196	17.4 km	VA042
Auburn	1,457	18.8 km	VA039
Thoroughfare Gap	2,570	22.4 km	VA025
Aldie	1,128	30.0 km	VA036
Middleburg	571	34.8 km	VA037

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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