Quinter, Kansas

Quinter is a city in Gove County, Kansas, United States. In 2010, 918 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 (39.065706, -100.236828). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
People.
2010 census.
The 2010 census says that there were 918 people, 374 households, and 251 families living in Quinter.