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We would like to provide the residents of  Quantico  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Quantico Home page. The Quantico Home page provides as much information as possible on Quantico. Knowing Quantico’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Quantico’s Home page, you will also find Quantico’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Quantico has a population of 457. 40.3% of Quantico’s inhabitants are Male, and 59.7 are female. 35.6% of Quantico is married and 16.9% own their own home. Household median income in Quantico is $44,815, and the individual median income is $38,000. Quantico’s Ethnic is the following: White(42.7%), Black(40.5%), Hispanic(18.6%), Multiple(9.2%), Asian(5.9%), Native(1.8%).


Quantico ( or ; formerly Potomac) 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, DC, bordered by the Potomac River to the east and the Quantico Creek to the north. The word Quantico is a derivation of the name of a Doeg village recorded by English colonists as Pamacocack.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.


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