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Welcome to Quentin ...

Quentin is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quentin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Quentin is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Quentin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Quentin: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Quentin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Quentin - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quentin.

Communities near Quentin ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bude
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Roxie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Meadville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cobbs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
  • Mount Olive
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Caseyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Brookside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brookside is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
  • O'Neil
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • O'Neil is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
  • Allen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Allen is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quentin ...

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

Adding Quentin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quentin 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 Quentin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Quentin post office opened in 1920. The Quentin post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quentin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quentin - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Quentin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Quentin 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>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/