Map of Quantico town, Virginia

Quantico (/ˈkwɒntɪkoʊ/ or /ˈkwɒnɪkoʊ/; 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 corruption 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.

Quantico town overview:
Name:Quantico town
LSAD Code:43
LSAD Description:town (suffix)
State:Virginia
County:Prince William County
Elevation:39 ft (12 m)
Total Area:0.07 sq mi (0.18 km²)
Land Area:0.07 sq mi (0.18 km²)
Water Area:0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:480
Population Density:7,900.00/sq mi (3,066.86/km²)
ZIP code:22134
FIPS code:5165120
GNISfeature ID:1499925
Website:townofquantico.org

Online Interactive Map

Quantico online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Quantico location map. Where is Quantico town?

Quantico location on the U.S. Map. Where is Quantico town.
Quantico location on the U.S. Map.
Quantico location on the Virginia map. Where is Quantico town.
Location of Quantico in Virginia.

Quantico Road Map

Road map of Quantico
Road map of Quantico

Quantico city Satellite Map

Satellite map of Quantico
Satellite map of Quantico

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.3 km), of which, 0.1 square miles (0.3 km) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Climate

Quantico has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa).

See also

Map of Virginia State and its subdivision: Map of other states:
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