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Welcome to Quinapoxet ...

Quinapoxet is located in Worcester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quinapoxet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Quinapoxet is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Quinapoxet lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Quinapoxet ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quinapoxet.

  • Worcester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Worcester is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184,570 people
  • Leominster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leominster is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,548 people
  • Fitchburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,310 people
  • Marlborough
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
  • Shrewsbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shrewsbury is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,910 people
  • Gardner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardner is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
  • Hudson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hudson is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
  • Grafton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 people
  • Westborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Westborough is located in Worcester County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
  • Hopkinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Quinapoxet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quinapoxet.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quinapoxet. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quinapoxet.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quinapoxet. See our Newspapers Page for Quinapoxet.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quinapoxet ...

Looking for more information about Quinapoxet? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Quinapoxet, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quinapoxet.

Adding Quinapoxet to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quinapoxet in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Quinapoxet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Quinapoxet post office opened in 1882. The Quinapoxet post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quinapoxet.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quinapoxet - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/