Quantico, Virginia

Quantico, Virginia
Town
Potomac Avenue in downtown Quantico
Potomac Avenue in downtown Quantico
Location in Prince William County and the state of Virginia
Location in Prince William County and the state of Virginia
Quantico is located in Virginia
Quantico
Quantico
Quantico is located in the United States
Quantico
Quantico
Coordinates: 38°31′19″N 77°17′23″W / 38.52194°N 77.28972°W / 38.52194; -77.28972
Country United States
State Virginia
CountyPrince William
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
 • Land0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
480
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
553
 • Density7,900.00/sq mi (3,066.86/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
22134
Area codes571, 703
FIPS code51-65120[3]
GNIS feature ID1499925[4]
Websitetownofquantico.org

Quantico (/ˈkwɒntɪkoʊ/; formerly Potomac)[5] is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 480 at the 2010 census. Quantico is approximately 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., bordered by the Potomac River to the east and the Quantico Creek to the north. The word Quantico is a corruption of the name of a Doeg village recorded by English colonists as Pamacocack.[6]

Quantico is surrounded on its remaining two sides by one of the largest U.S. Marine Corps bases, Marine Corps Base Quantico. The base is the site of the HMX-1 presidential helicopter squadron, the FBI Academy, the FBI Laboratory, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, the Officer Candidates School, The Basic School, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration training academy, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division, and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations headquarters. A replica of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial stands at one of the entrances to the base.

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Welcome | Town of Quantico". townofquantico.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2011. Our town is rich in history; beginning in 1654 it was originally called Potomac for the river that flows along the town's edge.
  6. ^ "History". Historic Dumfries America. Retrieved March 5, 2020.