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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Quinsett. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Quinsett.<1>

Our sources for Quinsett (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Quinsett other than they indicate that Quinsett would be found somewhere in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Quinsett ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Quinsett:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Quinsett - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Barnstable County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Barnstable County.

Barnstable Center 
Bourne CenterNorth Brewster
Brewster StationNorth Sandwich
 Northwest Harwich
Centreville 
Chatham CenterProvincetown Center
CotiutProvincetown Wharf
Cotuit Port 
 Sandwich Center
East YarmouthSilver Spring Beach
 South Hyannis
Falmouth CenterSouth Sandwich
First EncounterSouth Yarmouth Station
 Spring Hill
Harwich Center 
HyannisportTobeys Island
  
Lakewood HillsWenaumet
 West Sandwich
Mashnee IslandWimbledon
Mashpee Center 
MonumentYarmouth Farms

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.