Quinwood, West Virginia

Quinwood, West Virginia
B&M Grocery, central Quinwood
B&M Grocery, central Quinwood
Location of Quinwood in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Location of Quinwood in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Coordinates: 38°03′31″N 80°42′21″W / 38.05861°N 80.70583°W / 38.05861; -80.70583
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyGreenbrier
Area
 • Total0.35 sq mi (0.90 km2)
 • Land0.35 sq mi (0.90 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation3,048 ft (929 m)
Population
 • Total220
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
217
 • Density760.12/sq mi (293.85/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
25981
Area code304
FIPS code54-66412[4]
GNIS feature ID2391380[2]

Quinwood is a town and former coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 220 at the 2020 census.[3]

The community's name is an amalgamation of the names of its proprietors Quin Morton and W. S. Wood.[5]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quinwood, West Virginia
  3. ^ a b c "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 515.