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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Quins Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Quins Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Quins Station, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Quins Station (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Quins Station. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Quins Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Quins Station: Quins Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Quins Station, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Quins Station may originally have been Quin's Station.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Quins Station might be written as Quin Station.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Quins Station is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Tangipahoa (LA), Washington (LA), Amite, Lincoln & Walthall.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Quins Station. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quins Station:
- Pike County (The home county of Quins Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Bear Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- McComb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bacots
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holmesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Chatawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Topisaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Osyka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Smithburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- McElveen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Thompson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Glading
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Gillsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- O'Neil
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Bewelcome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- McCall Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bude
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddiceton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Verna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Tilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Norfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Cobbs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Brookhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Montgomery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Marion County
- Kokomo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Walthall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Tylertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sartinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Troy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Chipola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Greensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Kentwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tangipahoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fluker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
- Roseland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Washington Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Stoney Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quins Station, see our County-by-County Page for Quins Station.
Cemeteries Near Quins Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quins Station.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Quins Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quins Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Fernwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lenoir Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dinah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Osby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Navilla Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navilla Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Navilla Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bacots.
- The Navilla Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Navilla Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61318 <4>
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alfred Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ansel Prewitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (816 more) ...
- Hollywood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Duff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Quins Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Quins Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quins Station, with the one closest to Quins Station listed first.
- Fernwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fernwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- McComb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holmesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Chatawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Johnstons Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Johnstons Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstons Station
- Topisaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Thompson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Osyka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Fork is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ruth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Auburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Norfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quins Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quins Station.
Newspapers Published in Quins Station ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quins Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quins Station, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quins Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Quins Station:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amite County
- Franklin County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Walthall County
- East Feliciana Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Quins Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quins Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |