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Prince William County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
- County seat
- Manassas
- Largest community
- Dale City
- Body
- Board of Supervisors
- Chair
- Deshundra Jefferson ( D )
- County executive
- Christopher Shorter
- Total
- 348 sq mi (900 km )
- Land
- 336 sq mi (870 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 3.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 502,966
- Density
- 1,400/sq mi (540/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Area code
- 703/571
- U s house
- 7th , 10th
- Virginia senate
- 13th , 28th , 29th , 36th , 39th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Manassas
- Capital
- Manassas
- Population
- 482204
- Area
- 902
- Shares border with
- Fauquier County
- Official website
- www.pwcgov.org
- Image
- Prince William County, VA, Courthouse IMG 4347.JPG
- Households
- 144159
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Prince William County, Virginia
- Commons category
- Prince William County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Prince William County, Virginia
- inception
- 1731-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Prince William County, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 3.5
- native label
- Prince William County
- different from
- King William County
- social media followers
- 22436
- per capita income
- 42298
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Prince William County lies beside the Potomac River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 482,204, making it Virginia's second most populous county. The county seat is the independent city of Manassas. 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. The county is named after Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, the youngest son of King George II.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prince William County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.