Quantico, Virginia

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incorporated place town

Quantico, Virginia is a small town in northern Virginia best known for its major U.S. Marine Corps base and associated military and federal training facilities.

Aliases (2)

Marine Corps Base Quantico Town ×1
Triangle, Virginia ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	incorporated place → town →
accessCharacteristic	largely surrounded by military installation →
adjacentTo	Marine Corps Base Quantico →
areaCode	571 → 703 →
borderedBy	Marine Corps Base Quantico on landward sides → Potomac River to the east →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
country	United States of America →
county	Prince William County, Virginia →
distanceTo	about 20 miles north of Fredericksburg, Virginia → about 35 miles south of Washington, D.C. →
elevation	approximately 30 feet above sea level →
FIPSCode	51-65152 →
GNISFeatureID	1495110 →
governmentType	town government →
hasNearbyFacility	DEA Training Academy (Quantico) → FBI Academy (Quantico) → FBI Laboratory (Quantico) → Marine Corps Base Quantico →
incorporationStatus	incorporated town within Prince William County →
knownFor	federal law enforcement training facilities nearby → military training facilities nearby → proximity to major U.S. Marine Corps base →
locatedIn	Northern Virginia →
locatedInRegion	Mid-Atlantic United States →
locatedNear	Marine Corps Base Quantico →
locatedOn	Potomac River →
nearbyWaterBody	Quantico Creek NERFINISHED →
nearestLargeSuburbanCenter	Woodbridge, Virginia →
nearestMajorCity	Washington, D.C. →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Washington metropolitan area →
populationCharacteristic	small population →
postalCode	22134 →
primaryEconomicBase	federal government-related employment → military-related services →
region	Piedmont–Coastal Plain transition zone →
state	Virginia →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportation	Amtrak service → Interstate 95 nearby → U.S. Route 1 nearby → Virginia Railway Express service →
usesDaylightSavingTime	yes →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit → FBI Critical Incident Response Group → FBI Hostage Rescue Team → FBI Laboratory → MCCDC → MCICOM → MCRC → Marine Corps Combat Development Command → Marine Corps Installations Command → Marine Corps Intelligence Activity → Marine Corps Recruiting Command → Marine Corps Systems Command → Naval Criminal Investigative Service →	headquartersLocation
DEA Training Academy → FBI Academy → FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit → Hogan’s Alley → MCSC → Marine Corps University → Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory → Officer Candidates School → Quantico (Amtrak station) → Quantico (Virginia Railway Express station) → The Basic School →	locatedIn
Prince William County, Virginia ("Triangle, Virginia") → Prince William County, Virginia →	contains
FBI Hostage Rescue Team → FBI special agents →	trainingLocation
HMX-1 →	garrison
Marine Helicopter Squadron One →	garrisonLocation
Marine Corps Base Quantico ("Marine Corps Base Quantico Town") →	hasSubunit
The Basic School →	movedToCurrentLocation
Aquia Harbour, Virginia →	near
Clarice Starling →	setting