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Manassas, VirginiaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Manassas" redirects here. For other uses, see Manassas (disambiguation) .The City of Manassas is an independent city surrounded by Prince William County and the independent city of Manassas Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia . Its population was 37,821 as of 2010. Manassas also surrounds the 38-acre (150,000 m 2 ) county seat for Prince William County but that county property is not part of the city. Manassas either contains or is close to several important historic sites from the period 1850 - 70. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Manassas (along with Manassas Park) with Prince William County for statistical purposes. The City of Manassas is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area and it is situated in the Northern Virginia region. [ edit ] HistoryIn July 1861, the First Battle of Manassas – also known as the First Battle of Bull Run – the first major land battle of the American Civil War , was fought near here. Manassas will commemorate the 150th anniversary of First Battle of Manassas July 21–24, 2011. [ 4 ] Second Battle of Manassas (or the Second Battle of Bull Run) was fought near here on August 28–30, 1862. At that time, Manassas Junction was little more than a railroad crossing, but a strategic one, with rails leading to Richmond, Virginia , Washington, D.C. , and the Shenandoah Valley . Despite these two Confederate victories, Manassas Junction was in Union hands for most of the war. The crossroads grew into the town of Manassas following the war, incorporated in 1873. In 1892, it became the county seat of Prince William County , replacing Brentsville. In 1975, Manassas became an independent city. In modern times, Manassas's development has been strongly influenced by its position as a suburb of Washington, D.C. It has developed major problems with traffic and urban sprawl . The trials of John and Lorena Bobbitt (John Wayne Bobbitt's for rape, Lorena Bobbitt's for malicious wounding) occurred at the Prince William County courthouse, which is in the city of Manassas. They lived in Prince William County at the time. [1] On October 9, 2002, the eleventh of the Beltway sniper attacks occurred outside Manassas city limits when 53-year old Dean Harold Meyers was shot pumping gas at a Sunoco station on Sudley Road near Interstate 66 in Prince William County. In October 2005, Manassas became the site of the first wide-scale Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) implementation in the United States . [ 5 ] The Manassas City Council voted unanimously to end this service in 2010. [ 6 ] [ edit ] Notable residents
[ edit ] GeographyManassas is located at According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.0 square miles (25.8 km²), of which, 9.9 square miles (25.7 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.20%) is water. Manassas uses a council-manager system of government. The current city manager is Lawrence Hughes.
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