Quantico, Virginia

Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. It is surrounded by Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Potomac River. It is located south of the mouth of Quantico Creek on the Potomac. As of the 2000 census, Quantico had a population of 561.

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Prince William County - Fredericksburg, Virginia - Dumfries - Stafford - Marine Corps Base Quantico - Potomac River - Quantico Creek - 2000

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Quantico is the site of one of the largest U.S. Marine Corps bases in the world, (MCB Quantico). The base is the site of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and HMX-1 (the presidential helicopter squadron). Both the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's training academy and the FBI Academy are on the base. A replica of the USMC War Memorial stands in the entrance to the base. (The original is at the north end of Arlington National Cemetery.)

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U.S. Marine Corps - MCB Quantico - HMX-1 - United States - Drug Enforcement Administration - FBI Academy - USMC War Memorial - Arlington National Cemetery

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