Quinque, Virginia

Quinque is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States.

It is located 2 miles north west of Ruckersville, on Route 33, the Spotswood Trail.

Quinque was the birthplace of the Baptist minister and civil rights campaigner, Rev. William Emanuel Barrett (born in Quinque, Sep. 16, 1925, died Somerset New Jersey on Dec. 16, 2010).^[1]

Quinque got its name from James Madison as it was his fifth (quinque is the number five in Latin) choice when looking to build his home in VA.^[2]

References

GNIS reference

Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Stanardsville

Town	Stanardsville

CDPs	Ruckersville Twin Lakes

Unincorporated communities	Amicus Barnes Burtonville Dawsonville Dyke Geer Haneytown Lydia McMullen Midway Newtown Pirkey Quinque Saint George Shady Grove Simmons Gap Upper Pocosin Williams Fork

Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 78°23′52″W / 38.25000°N 78.39778°W / 38.25000; -78.39778

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