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Manassas (/ m ə ˈ n æ s ə s / [7]), formerly Manassas Junction, [8] is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. [ 9 ] It is the county seat of Prince William County , although the two are separate jurisdictions. [ 10 ]
October 15, 1966. Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle of First Manassas, and the Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second ...
The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas[ 1 ] by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of what is now the city of Manassas and about thirty miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
Manassas Park is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,219. [ 4] Manassas Park is bordered by the city of Manassas and Prince William County . Manassas Park is a part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area .
At the 2020 census, the population was 482,204,[1]making it Virginia's second most populous county. The county seatis the independent cityof Manassas. [2] A part of Northern Virginia, Prince William County is part of the Washington metropolitan area. In 2020, it had the 24th highest income of any county in the United States.
Old Town Manassas. / 38.75306°N 77.47111°W / 38.75306; -77.47111. Old Town Manassas, or the Manassas Historic District, is a national historic district located at Manassas, Virginia. It encompasses 206 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential area of city of Manassas.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Manassas, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Confederate forces in northern Virginia were organized into two field armies. Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard was appointed commander of the Confederate Army of the Potomac in northeastern Virginia to defend the rail center of Manassas Junction; while General Joseph E. Johnston commanded the Army of the Shenandoah near Harpers Ferry in the Shenandoah Valley.