Editing Haymarket, Virginia (section)

===Post-Reconstruction Era to Present===
Haymarket was incorporated in 1882, the second town in [[Prince William County]] to do so. The first mayor elected was Garrett Hulfish and the first councilmen elected were T.A. Smith, Charles Jordan, and William W. Meade. In May 1882 during the council's second meeting, the rudimentary ordinances were drafted and adopted.<ref name=":2">[http://www.townofhaymarket.org/index.php/2012-06-03-19-46-18/historical-information Historical Information], Town of Haymarket, retrieved October 30, 2013.</ref>

On March 19, 1892, Lee Heflin and Joseph Dye were [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] in Haymarket. They had been convicted of the murder of a girl and sentenced to death, but the mob thought the legal system moved too slowly. The men were hanged from trees at the edge of woods; then the mob shot into their bodies. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said, "mob law...is a dangerous thing to encourage. There is too much of it already throughout the country, and it spreads like a contagion so long as public sentiment tacitly approves it."<ref>"Swifter than the Law," ''Washington Post'', March 19, 1892, p.1</ref> It was unusual that white men were lynched; in Virginia and the rest of the South, usually black men were victims of lynching.<ref>W. Fitzhugh Brundage, ''Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia'' (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993), 87-92</ref><ref name="histeng">[https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/3339 "Mob Carries Out Death Sentence"], ''History Engine'', University of Richmond, 2008-2015</ref>

From 1882 to the present day, most of the buildings in central Haymarket have remained unchanged. The town borders [[U.S. Route 15|U.S Route 15]]. Growth has occurred outside the town. While no schools are located within the town, the larger area has five schools – all part of the [[Prince William County Public Schools|Prince William County School System]].<ref>[http://pwcs.edu/ Prince William County Schools] retrieved October 30, 2013.</ref> In the 1970s during the construction of the [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate System]], Haymarket was served by Exit 40 of [[Interstate 66]]. Being connected to the interstate, during a period of growth in the [[Northern Virginia]] region, has produced a population boom in the area of suburban development.

[[Image:Stpaulschur haymktva hallgr.jpg|left|thumb|St. Paul's Church in Haymarket]]
In 1994 [[The Walt Disney Company]] bought extensive amounts of land in Haymarket for a proposed [[Disney's America]] theme park.<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Wines| first = Michael| title = A Disneyland of History Next to the Real Thing| work = The New York Times| access-date = May 8, 2016| date = November 12, 1993| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/12/us/a-disneyland-of-history-next-to-the-real-thing.html}}</ref> Local resistance to the resort, because of perceived adverse effects on the Manassas Battlefield, resulted in the defeat of the park.<ref>{{Cite conference| pages = 1–19| last1 = Powell| first1 = Elizabeth A.| last2 = Stover| first2 = Sarah| title = The Third Battle of Bull Run: The Disney's America Theme Park (A)| location = Charlottesville| date = July 26, 2010| id = {{ProQuest|872767379}}}}</ref>

William B. Snyder, a local businessman, convinced Disney to sell the property to him.<ref>[http://www.disneydrawingboard.com/DA%20Haymarket/DAHaymarket.html The Disney Drawing Board – Disney's America] retrieved October 30, 2013.</ref> Snyder, in turn, sold off most of the land to developers, except for the {{convert|405|acre|km2}} donated to the [[National Capital Area Council]] of the [[Boy Scouts of America]]. It used this land to develop [[National Capital Area Council#Camp William B. Snyder|Camp Snyder]].<ref name=":01908286">{{Cite news| issn = 0190-8286| pages = –01| last = Stewart| first = Nikita| title = $17 Million Camp Pledges Cub Scout Nirvana in Va.: [FINAL Edition]| newspaper = The Washington Post| location = Washington, D.C., United States| date = April 5, 2006| id = {{ProQuest|410008043}}}}</ref>

In addition to St. Paul's Church, [[Evergreen (Haymarket, Virginia)|Evergreen]], [[Locust Bottom]], [[Mt. Atlas (Haymarket, Virginia)|Mt. Atlas]], and [[Old Town Hall and School]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110311.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=March 11, 2011|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=September 28, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141203/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110311.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>