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History · Quantico

27% of Quantico’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1861 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
19famous people
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From Quantico’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Quantico’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Famous sons and daughtersShelby Lynne, Stuart Duncan and 17 more were born here.Old housesHalf of Quantico’s homes were built before 1963.
★ What stands out · Famous people

19 famous people were born in Quantico

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Shelby LynneAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1968
Stuart DuncanAmerican musician · b. 1964
Charles C. Krulak31st Commandant of the Marine Corps · b. 1942
John R. DaileyAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps · b. 1934
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Stephanie WelshAmerican photographer and midwife · b. 1973
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Bob BenderAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1957
The story

How Quantico came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Quantico.

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The word Quantico is a corruption of Pamacocack, the name of a Doeg tribe village meaning “by the long stream” as recorded by English colonists in 1608. The Manahoac branch of the tidewater Algonquin Indians inhabited the area north of Quantico in the 1500’s. They grew corn and fished.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Quantico, 1861 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861In the archive"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War Seminole, from the (illegible) Shipping Point, Po…
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905In the archiveQUANTICO POST EXCHANGE
  5. 1917In the archive1st Machine Gun Battalion USMC Quantico VA Sept 1917
  6. 1934Born hereJohn R. Dailey is born here
  7. 1942Born hereCharles C. Krulak is born here
  8. 1964Born hereStuart Duncan is born here
  9. 1968Born hereShelby Lynne is born here
By decade

Quantico, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s2 items
"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War Seminole, from the (illegible) Shipping Point, Potomac River, October 15."1861"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War Seminole, fro…Rough Sketch of the Vicinity of1861Rough Sketch of the Vicinity of
1900s–1910s4 items
QUANTICO POST EXCHANGE1905QUANTICO POST EXCHANGEQUANTICO POST EXCHANGE1905QUANTICO POST EXCHANGEQUANTICO POST EXCHANGE1905QUANTICO POST EXCHANGE1st Machine Gun Battalion USMC Quantico VA Sept 191719171st Machine Gun Battalion USMC Quantico VA Sept 1917
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

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"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War Seminole, from the (illegible) Shipping Point, Potomac River, October 15."
Retake this view"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War Seminole, from the (illegible) Shipping Point, Potomac River, October 15.", 1861

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Finish Quantico’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view"Attack on the U. S. Steam Sloop-of-War…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.