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Prince William County

county in Virginia, United States
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Summary

Prince William County is a county of Virginia[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of county of virginia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,395 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Manassas[5]
  • Shares border with: Loudoun County[6], Charles County[7], Stafford County[8], Fairfax County[9], Manassas[10], Manassas Park[11], Fauquier County[12]
  • Basic form of government: County Executive[13]
  • Named after: Prince William, Duke of Cumberland[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Manassas[15]
  • Part of: Arlington–Alexandria–Reston metropolitan division[16]
  • Commons category: Prince William County, Virginia[17]
  • Inception: 1731[18]
  • Coordinate location: 38.7, -77.48[19]
  • Official website: http://www.pwcgov.org/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prince William County, Virginia[21]
  • Population: 402,002[22], 406,392[23], 419,268[24], 430,100[25], 438,580[26], 451,721[27], 482,204[28]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince William County, Virginia[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Prince William County, Virginia[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Prince William County, Virginia[31]
  • Number of households: 144,159[32]
  • Native label: Prince William County[33]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110580[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Prince William County, Virginia[35]
  • Different from: King William County[36]
  • Area: 902[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.5[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Prince William County, Virginia[39]

Why It Matters

Prince William County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland United States Virginia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Manassas
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Manassas
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Prince William Coun
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Prince William County, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pr"
  2. 10w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basic form of government → County Executive
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45911|batch #45911]]: COUNTY 2"
  3. 10w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Manassas
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Manassas
    Harper's tag → prince-william-county
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Manassas"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3828473
    Obo gazetteer id → 00152655
    Taxonomicon id → 1808245
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Prince William County, Virginia
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Virginia
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Prince William County, Virginia
    Different from → King William County
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110580, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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