Catharpin, Virginia

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

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