Joplin, Virginia

Joplin, Virginia
Ghost town
Joplin, Virginia Show map of Northern Virginia Joplin, Virginia Show map of Virginia Joplin, Virginia Show map of the US Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 38°33′39″N 77°23′6″W / 38.56083°N 77.38500°W / 38.56083; -77.38500Coordinates: 38°33′39″N 77°23′6″W / 38.56083°N 77.38500°W / 38.56083; -77.38500
Country	United States of America
State	Virginia
County	Prince William
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Joplin is an extinct unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia. The town was located on land taken to form Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area^[1] and is now part of Prince William Forest Park, a National Park Service property located adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico. The remains of the town, now just a collection of homes, lies on a stretch of Va. 619, Joplin Road, about 3 miles west of Dumfries.

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

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