Catharpin, Virginia

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Catharpin
Unincorporated community
Catharpin Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 38°51′15″N 77°34′19″W / 38.85417°N 77.57194°W / 38.85417; -77.57194Coordinates: 38°51′15″N 77°34′19″W / 38.85417°N 77.57194°W / 38.85417; -77.57194
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Prince William
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Catharpin is an unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, in the United States. Catharpin lies on State Route 234 to the northwest of Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Geography

Catharpin is characterized by rolling fields, wide meadows, and gravel/dirt roads, and many of the rural folk capitalize on the abundant land and have farms with livestock. It is not uncommon to see horses roaming on 50 acres (200,000 m²) of land.

Notable residents

Ben Sanders, former MLB pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics & Louisville Colonels

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Prince William County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Manassas

Towns	Dumfries Haymarket Occoquan Quantico

CDPs	Buckhall Bull Run Bull Run Mountain Estates Cherry Hill County Center Dale City Gainesville Independent Hill Lake Ridge Linton Hall Loch Lomond Marumsco Montclair Neabsco Nokesville Potomac Mills Quantico Base‡ Sudley Triangle West Gate Woodbridge Yorkshire

Unincorporated communities	Aden Agnewville Antioch Batestown Bethel Brentsville Bristow Buckland Canova Catharpin Cornwell Featherstone Greenwich Groveton Hickory Ridge Hoadly Joplin Kopp Locust Hill Minnieville Rixlew Southbridge Sudley Springs Thoroughfare Wellington

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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