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Haymarket is a town in Prince William County
Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County is a county located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The estimated population in 2007 of the county was 383,644, a 36.6% increase since 2000....
, Virginia
Virginia

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, United States
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. The population was 879 at the 2000 census. Haymarket is home to the Haymarket Senators of the Valley Baseball League
Valley Baseball League

The Valley Baseball League is an National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctioned baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia....
. Notable residents include Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche

Andray Blatche is an United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for the Washington Wizards.Blatche attended Henninger High School in Syracuse before attending the South Kent School in South Kent, Connecticut....
.
f the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 879 people, 321 households, and 234 families residing in the town.






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Haymarket is a town in Prince William County
Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County is a county located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The estimated population in 2007 of the county was 383,644, a 36.6% increase since 2000....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The population was 879 at the 2000 census. Haymarket is home to the Haymarket Senators of the Valley Baseball League
Valley Baseball League

The Valley Baseball League is an National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctioned baseball league in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia....
. Notable residents include Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche

Andray Blatche is an United States professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for the Washington Wizards.Blatche attended Henninger High School in Syracuse before attending the South Kent School in South Kent, Connecticut....
.

Geography


Haymarket is located at (38.812670, -77.635084).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 kmē), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 879 people, 321 households, and 234 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density

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 was 1,725.2 people per square mile (665.5/kmē). There were 337 housing units at an average density of 661.4/sq mi (255.1/kmē). The racial makeup of the town was 92.04% White, 5.35% African American, 0.80% Asian, 0.68% from other races
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, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.73% of the population.

There were 321 households out of which 43.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.21. In the town the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 42.3% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $70,833, and the median income for a family was $76,197. Males had a median income of $51,576 versus $32,917 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the town was $26,503. About 1.7% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

The estimated population in July 2006 is 1,234.

History

Haymarket, in northwest Prince William County, owes its location to an abandoned Indian hunting path which became Old Carolina Road. It was used by settlers as a route from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

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 to the Carolinas. Haymarket grew around the intersection of Carolina and Dumfries Roads. It was burned by Union troops in 1862. Since then, the town has been revived with a collection of quaint restored buildings and shops. In the mid-1990s, The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

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 planned to build a history-themed park, to be called Disney's America
Disney's America

Disney's America was a amusement park that was to be built by The Walt Disney Company in Haymarket, Virginia in the early 1990s....
, in Haymarket, but the plan was scrapped due to opposition from a variety of groups.

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