Massaponax is an unincorporated community of Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 90,395 people, 31,308 households, and 24,639 families residing in the county. The population density was 226 people per square mile . There were 33,329 housing units at an average density of 83 per square mile...

 USA, just east of Spotsylvania Courthouse and just about 4.5 miles south of the Four Mile Fork

Four Mile Fork, Virginia

Four Mile Fork is an unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia south of the city limits of Fredericksburg. Its name derives from the junction of Virginia Route 208, U.S. Route 1, and U.S...

 area. During the mid-1990s the big pull to this area was the Massaponax Outlet Center, home to a number of retail outlet chains. During 2004 development began, and soon a large number of retail chain store such as Best Buy

Best Buy

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, and Target along with, restaurants such as Red Robin

Red Robin

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began to appear in the new Cosner's Corner shopping center.

Also during this time Massaponax began to develop into a large residential community. With mid to upper class homes at an estimated cost of $250,000 to $500,000 according to tax assessments done by Spotsylvania County.