Quinter, Kansas

Quinter is a city in Gove County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 929 people lived there.^[3]

Quinter, Kansas
City
View from Interstate 70 (2006)
Location within Gove County and Kansas
KDOT map of Gove County (legend)
Coordinates: 39°04′00″N 100°14′05″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Gove
Founded	1885 (Familton)
Incorporated	1909 (Quinter)
Named for	James Quinter
Area [2]
• Total	1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2)
• Land	1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	2,674 ft (815 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	929
• Density	930/sq mi (360/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	67752
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-58250
GNIS ID	2396302[1]
Website	cityofquinter.com

History

The city of Quinter is built at the place of an old railroad switching place called Melota. A town named Familton was built there in 1885, and it had a hotel in it.^[4] The U.S. Government would not create a post office under the Familton name because of possible confusion with other names in the state, so another had to be chosen. The name Quinter was chosen. It was named after Rev. James Quinter, a local Baptist Brethren minister.^[5]

The city received some small national attention in November 2006 when longtime resident Waldo McBurney, age 104, was said to be the oldest worker in the United States.^[6]

Geography

Quinter is at 39°04′00″N 100°14′05″W (39.066626, -100.234742). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of 1.00 square mile (2.59 km²). All of it is land.^[2]

People

Census	Pop.		%±
1910	450		—
1920	383		−14.9%
1930	570		48.8%
1940	481		−15.6%
1950	741		54.1%
1960	776		4.7%
1970	930		19.8%
1980	951		2.3%
1990	945		−0.6%
2000	961		1.7%
2010	918		−4.5%
2020	929		1.2%
U.S. Decennial Census

Quinter Reformed Presbyterian Church (2006)

2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 929 people, 378 households, and 238 families living in Quinter. Of the households, 66.9% owned their home and 33.1% rented their home.

The median age was 43.4 years. Of the people, 92.0% were White, 1.2% were Asian, 0.3% were Native American, 0.3% were Black, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 0.8% were from some other race, and 5.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.5% of the people.^[3][7]

2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 918 people, 374 households, and 251 families living in Quinter.^[8]

Fmous people

• Brent Barrett, American actor and tenor
• Scott Huffman, Olympic pole vaulter
• Robert Maxwell, World War II combat veteran and Medal of Honor recipient
• Waldo McBurney, centenarian
• Maggie McIntosh, State legislator