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History · Quinwood

Quinwood’s post office opened in 1921, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on and the census since 1950.

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0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Quinwood began

When was Quinwood founded?

1921

The Quinwood post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 838 in 19502020 census: 222105 years
Founding year: the first Quinwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Quinwood’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 Quinwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Quinwood’s homes were built before 1948.On the map since 19186 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1995. Watch Quinwood change.
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Start Quinwood’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Quinwood, in brief

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

Quinwood is a town and former coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 220 at the 2020 census. The community's name is an amalgamation of the names of its proprietors Quin Morton and W. S. Wood.

Its first post office opened in 1921. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 290 to 222 (-23%).

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

On the map

Quinwood on the map, 1918 to 1995

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

Quinwood on the 1918 USGS mapQuinwood on the 1923 USGS mapQuinwood on the 1935 USGS mapQuinwood on the 1972 USGS mapQuinwood on the 1981 USGS mapQuinwood on the 1995 USGS map1918Richwood 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 Quinwood.

Timeline

Quinwood, 1918 to 1930

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1921Post officeThe Quinwood post office opens
  4. 1930Born hereRalph E. Pomeroy is born here
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.

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People over time

Quinwood, census by census

02004006008001960198020002020Peak: 838

Between 222 and 838 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Quinwood’s post office has been open since 1921.

Gone or out of use
Crichton Elementary-Junior High Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Quinwood’s history

What year was Quinwood founded?

The Quinwood post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.