Fort Lee ( Virginia ) Fort Lee is a census - designated place ( CDP ) in Prince George County , Virginia , United States . The population was 3 , 393 at the 2010 census . Fort Lee is a United States Army post and headquarters of the U . S . Army Combined Arms Support Command ( CASCOM ) / Sustainment Center of Excellence ( SCoE ) , the U . S . Army Quartermaster School , the U . S . Army Ordnance School , The U . S . Army Transportation School , the Army Logistics University ( ALU ) , Defense Contract Management Agency ( DCMA ) , and the U . S . Defense Commissary Agency ( DeCA ) . Fort Lee also hosts two Army museums , the U . S . Army Quartermaster Museum and the U . S . Army Women ' s Museum . The Army ' s Ordnance Museum has plans to establish a collection preservation site at Fort Lee . The fort is named for Confederate General Robert E . Lee . History . World War I . Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared , the first Camp Lee was selected as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp . In June 1917 , building began and within sixty days some 14 , 000 men were on the installation . When construction work ended , there were accommodations for 60 , 335 men . On 15 July 1917 , the War Department announced that the camp would be named in honor of General Robert E . Lee , the most famous of the Confederate Civil War commanders . After World War I , Camp Lee was taken over by the Commonwealth of Virginia and designated a game preserve . Later , portions of the land were incorporated into the National Military Park of Petersburg . In 1920 Camp Lee was active , as the US 1920 Census showed many soldiers still stationed there . World War II . In October 1940 , the War Department ordered the construction of another Camp Lee on the site of the earlier installation . Built as rapidly as the first , construction was still ongoing when the Quartermaster Replacement Training Center ( QMRTC ) started operation in February 1941 . Their number grew to 25 , 000 in 1942 , and peaked at 35 , 000 in 1944 . Camp Lee was also the home of a Medical Replacement Training Center ( MRTC ) , but as the Quartermaster training increased , it was decided to relocate the MRTC at Camp Pickett . Later , the QMRTC was re - designated as an Army Services Forces Training Center , but it retained its basic mission of training Quartermaster personnel . While the QMRTC was getting underway , the Quartermaster School was transferred to Camp Lee . A full program of courses was conducted , including Officer Candidate School . By the end of 1941 , Camp Lee was the center of both basic and advanced training of Quartermaster personnel and held this position throughout the war . Camp Lee to Fort Lee . When World War II ended , the fate of Camp Lee was in question . In 1946 , the War Department announced that Camp Lee would be retained as a center for Quartermaster training . Official recognition of its permanent status was obtained in 1950 and the post was redesignated as Fort Lee . Immediately troops began Quartermaster training for the Korean War and continued for the next three years . Fort Lee also had a Women ' s Army Corps ( WAC ) training center . After the Korean War , progress was made on an ambitious permanent building program . Under the twenty - year program , Fort Lee changed from an installation of temporary wooden structures to a modern Army post with permanent brick and cinder block buildings . The Quartermaster Training Center , created to supervise the training of Quartermaster personnel and troop units , brought an intensification of training activity within the Quartermaster Corps . As a result , the courses formerly taught at other locations were incorporated in the curriculum of the Quartermaster School . Profound changes were evident at Fort Lee during 1962 . The post became a Class 1 military installation under Second United States Army . The Quartermaster School became a part of the Continental Army Command service school system and was also selected to serve as the home of the Quartermaster Corps and Corps Historian . The Second United States Army was inactivated in at Fort Lee 1966 until its reactivation at Fort Gillem , Georgia in 1983 . In July 1973 , Fort Lee came under the control of the U . S . Army Training and Doctrine Command . In 2013 Fort Lee unveiled the first full - size statue on a U . S . Army post recognizing the service of Army women . Geography . Fort Lee is located at According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8 . 4 square miles ( 21 . 6 km² ) , all of it land . Demographics . As of the census of 2000 , there were 7 , 269 people , 1 , 401 households , and 1 , 223 families residing in the CDP . The population density was 870 . 2 people per square mile ( 336 . 1 / km² ) . There were 1 , 445 housing units at an average density of 173 . 0 / sq mi ( 66 . 8 / km² ) . The racial makeup of the CDP was 47 . 1 % African American , 39 . 5 % White , 0 . 7 % Native American , 2 . 3 % Asian , 0 . 4 % Pacific Islander , 6 . 7 % from other races , and 3 . 4 % from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11 . 4 % of the population . There were 1 , 401 households out of which 72 . 8 % had children under the age of 18 living with them , 70 . 0 % were married couples living together , 14 . 3 % had a female householder with no husband present , and 12 . 7 % were non - families . 11 . 4 % of all households were made up of individuals and 0 . 1 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older . The average household size was 3 . 27 and the average family size was 3 . 53 . In the CDP the population was spread out with 27 . 9 % under the age of 18 , 34 . 0 % from 18 to 24 , 35 . 8 % from 25 to 44 , 2 . 1 % from 45 to 64 , and 0 . 2 % who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 22 years . For every 100 females there were 132 . 2 males . For every 100 females age 18 and over , there were 143 . 3 males . The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 36 , 325 , and the median income for a family was $ 40 , 197 . Males had a median income of $ 27 , 511 versus $ 19 , 459 for females . The per capita income for the CDP was $ 12 , 448 . About 6 . 3 % of families and 7 . 6 % of the population were below the poverty line , including 8 . 8 % of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over .