Welcome to Quintette ...

Quintette is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quintette, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Quintette is 4,040 feet [1,231 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Quintette is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Quintette lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Quintette ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Quintette, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Quintette ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Quintette - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quintette.

Communities near Quintette ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quintette.

• Placerville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <3>
• Colfax
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Colfax is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <3>
• Georgetown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <3>
• Fornis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
  • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
• Garden Valley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Garden Valley is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Valley <3>
• Michigan Bluff
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
  • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
• Foresthill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresthill
  • Foresthill is located in Placer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foresthill <3>
• Pollock Pines
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock Pines
  • Pollock Pines is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock Pines <3>
• Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
  • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
• Camino
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camino
  • Camino is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camino <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Quintette. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quintette.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quintette. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quintette.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quintette. See our Newspapers Page for Quintette.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quintette ...

Looking for more information about Quintette? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Quintette, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quintette.

Adding Quintette to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quintette in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Quintette was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Quintette post office opened in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quintette.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Quintette. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/