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Welcome to Quince Orchard ...

Quince Orchard is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quince Orchard, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Quince Orchard is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Quince Orchard: 301, 227 & 240<3>

Websites for Quince Orchard ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Quince Orchard, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Quince Orchard ...

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

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 Quince Orchard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quince Orchard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quince Orchard. 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 Quince Orchard.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quince Orchard ...

Looking for more information about Quince Orchard? 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 Quince Orchard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quince Orchard.

Adding Quince Orchard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quince Orchard 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 for Quince Orchard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Quince Orchard post office opened in 1888.

We also found Quince Orchard in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quince Orchard.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quince Orchard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 301 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 227 or 240. New phone numbers in the Quince Orchard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 301, 227 or 240. As a result, placing a call in the Quince Orchard area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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