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Manassas Park city, Virginia

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1975formed

17,219pop. 2020

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10CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

No National Register listings were found for this county in the current NPS dataset.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

No listings found in the current NPS dataset.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Manassas Park (Ic) was formed in 1975 (1975-06-01) from unknown / original county.

Manassas Park made an independent city from PRINCE WILLIAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1980	2000	2020
6,524	10,290	17,219

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	9.9 km

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

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	0.0 km	VA024
Blackburn'S Ford	1,115	3.3 km	VA004
Manassas I	9,225	7.4 km	VA005
Manassas Ii	6,933	10.7 km	VA026
Bristoe Station	5,578	11.2 km	VA040
Chantilly	562	12.3 km	VA027
Buckland Mills	2,196	20.7 km	VA042
Auburn	1,457	23.0 km	VA039
Thoroughfare Gap	2,570	24.7 km	VA025
Aldie	1,128	29.9 km	VA036

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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