Quinter, Kansas

**Quinter** is a city in Gove County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 929 people lived there.

## History

The city of Quinter is built at the place of an old railroad switching place called **Melota**. A town named **Familton** was built there in 1885, and it had a hotel in it.  The U.S. Government would not create a post office under the Familton name because of possible confusion with other names in the state, so another had to be chosen. The name **Quinter** was chosen. It was named after Rev. James Quinter, a local Baptist Brethren minister.

The city received some small national attention in November 2006 when longtime resident Waldo McBurney, age 104, was said to be the oldest worker in the United States.

## Geography

Quinter is at  (39.066626, -100.234742). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 929 people, 378 households, and 238 families living in Quinter. Of the households, 66.9% owned their home and 33.1% rented their home.

The median age was 43.4 years. Of the people, 92.0% were White, 1.2% were Asian, 0.3% were Native American, 0.3% were Black, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 0.8% were from some other race, and 5.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.5% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 918 people, 374 households, and 251 families living in Quinter.

## Fmous people

- Brent Barrett, American actor and tenor
- Scott Huffman, Olympic pole vaulter
- Robert Maxwell, World War II combat veteran and Medal of Honor recipient
- Waldo McBurney, centenarian
- Maggie McIntosh, State legislator

## Other websites

- Schools
- USD 293, local school district
- Maps
- Quinter City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Quinter, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Quinter.jpg
- **image caption**: View from Interstate 70 (2006)
- **image map**: Gove_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Quinter_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Gove County, Kansas, Gove County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Gove Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Gove County, Kansas, Gove County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Gove County, Kansas, Gove
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1885 (Familton)
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1909 (Quinter)
- **named for**: James Quinter
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.00
- **area land sq mi**: 1.00
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.60
- **area land km2**: 2.60
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2674
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 929
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67752
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-58250
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2396302