Home Care in Manassas, Virginia

Manassas (/məˈnæs əs/;^[7] formerly Manassas Junction)^[8] is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,821;^[9] at the 2020 Census, this had grown to 42,772.^[10] The city borders Prince William County, and the independent city of Manassas Park, Virginia. The Bureau of Economic Analysis includes both Manassas and Manassas Park with Prince William County for statistical purposes.

The City of Manassas has several important historic sites from the period 1850–1870. While Manassas is the county seat and surrounds the county courthouse that 38-acre (150,000 m²) site is county rather than city property.

The City of Manassas is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the Northern Virginia region.

Manassas is mainly served by I-66, U.S. 29, Virginia State Route 234 Business and Virginia State Route 28.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²), of which 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) (0.5%) is water.^[15]

Manassas has a council-manager system of government. As of October 2021 the city manager is William Patrick Pate; the mayor is Michelle Davis-Younger; and the vice mayor is Pamela J. Sebesky.^[1][2]

• Jim Bucher (1911–2004), infielder and outfielder in Major League Baseball
• Ryan Burroughs, professional rugby league footballer currently playing for Toronto Wolfpack
• Mason Diaz, NASCAR driver
• Danny Doyle, Irish folk singer^[56]
• Wilmer Fields, pitcher and third baseman in Negro league baseball
• Brandon Hogan, football player
• Elizabeth Friench Johnson (1890–1979), college professor
• Chaney Kley (1972–2007), American film and television actor
• Jon Knott, Major League Baseball outfielder
• Jeremy Linn, 1996 Summer Olympics swimmer and current swimming coach
• Mike O’Meara, radio personality^[57][58][59]
• Harry J. Parrish (1922–2006), longtime member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Leven Powell, also Levin, (1737–1810), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Jason Richardson, American guitarist
• Kevin Ricks, convicted sex offender^[60]
• David Robinson, American basketball player
• Danica Roem, the first ever openly transgender woman to be elected to a US legislature
• Ravi Shankar, American poet
• Joanna Mary Berry Shields, teacher and founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• C. J. Sapong, American soccer player currently playing for Sporting Kansas City
• Leeann Tweeden, model
• Lucky Whitehead, former National Football League wide receiver
• Ryan Williams, running back for the Dallas Cowboys
• George Zimmerman^[61]

Manassas offers a number of city-held events as well as private and public museums, parks and monuments. The most notable regular city events are the First Friday festivals, wherein on the first Friday of every month the city will showcase local art as well as hold various themed activities. The city museum was opened in 1973 in preparation for the city’s centennial and seeks to document the city’s culture and history. Some of the other sites include:

• Sumner Lake Community Clubhouse & Pool^[49]
• Liberia House Historic Site^[50]
• Central Park Aquatic Center^[51]
• Cannon Branch Fort
• Baldwin Park^[52]
• Vertical Rock Climbing & Fitness Center^[53]
• Dean Park^[54]

The city also contains the Manassas Farmer’s Market which started in 1988 and was ranked one of the best farmer’s market in Virginia in 2020.^[55]