Quantico (Virginia)
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 Quantico station front, January 2013 |
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| Location Quanticos in Prince William County | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Virginia |
| County : | Prince William County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 31 ′ N , 77 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 480 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 2,400 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 0.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) thereof 0.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) land |
| Height : | 12 m |
| Postal code : | 22134 |
| Area code : | +1 703 |
| FIPS : | 51-65120 |
| GNIS ID : | 1499925 |
Quantico is a city in the US state of Virginia in Prince William County .
Geographical location
Quantico is located approximately 60 km SSW from central Washington, DC and approximately 37 km NNE from Fredericksburg . The place has an area of 0.2 km².
Others
According to the 2010 census , the city has 480 inhabitants. In 2000, 561 people lived here.
The place is also known for the US Marine Corps Base Quantico of the same name and the FBI Academy located on its premises . In 1942 the Office of the Coordinator of Information , which is a training facility for Subversion , opened here .
The place itself is enclosed on three sides by the military base and on the east by the Potomac River and can only be reached via the military compound or via the water; there is no bridge over the river. The name is a modification of the language of the Doeg, a tribe that spoke one of the Algonquin languages and lived in the area of what later became Quantico.
The city has a train station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad , which is served by Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express .
Quantico personalities
- Robert L. Crawford, Jr. (born 1944), cast member in Laramie
- Geof Isherwood , comic book artist
- Shelby Lynne (* 1968), musician, singer, songwriter, actress