Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Quinby

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Quinby

Quinby was first counted by the census in 1970, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Quinby was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listing is the Woodlawn. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1970.

1970first census
1on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

How Quinby began

When was Quinby founded?

1970

Quinby first appears in the census in 1970.

First census: 788 in 19702020 census: 91556 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Quinby’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Quinby are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Quinby’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Quinby’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Quinby, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Quinby yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Quinby is a town in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Quinby had a population of 915. It is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 932 in 2010, 915 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Quinby on the map, 1940 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Quinby. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Quinby on the 1940 USGS mapQuinby on the 1986 USGS map1940Florence East sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Quinby.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Quinby

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2019
Woodlawn
Woodlawn
Buildings
All 1 listings
WoodlawnBuilding · listed 2019

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Quinby, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 952

Between 788 and 952 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Quinby’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Quinby

Nobody well known was born in Quinby itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Ronald McNairAmerican physicist, astronaut · b. 1950
Raymond FeltonAmerican basketball player · b. 1984
Quanera HayesAmerican sprinter · b. 1992
S
Shannon JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1974
Melvin PurvisFBI Agent · b. 1903
Carlisle FloydAmerican composer · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Quinby Forest

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Florence8 historic placesB−

Questions about Quinby’s history

What year was Quinby founded?

The Quinby post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Quinby?

One place: the Woodlawn (listed 2019).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.