Quinby’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Quinby. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusQuinby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2010. Per the 2020 census, the population was 285.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 282 people in 2010, 285 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Quinby yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Quinby’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Quinby’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWarwick, Quinby vicinity, Accomac…, 1930: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Quinby
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Quinby, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Quinby is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Quinby has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Willowdale in Quinby, 1.4 miles away.
Quinby and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Warwick, Quinby vicinity, Accomac County, Virginia. Grave markers under an oak (1930) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.