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Quentin, Pennsylvania


Quentin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States that was named after Quentin Roosevelt. The population was 529 at the 2000 census.

The town was originally named Bismarck. It was changed after the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt's Quentin Roosevelt was killed as a fighter pilot during World War I.

Quentin is located at 40°16′47″N 76°26′11″W / 40.279788°N 76.436488°W / 40.279788; -76.436488Coordinates: 40°16′47″N 76°26′11″W / 40.279788°N 76.436488°W / 40.279788; -76.436488.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land. Routes 72 and 419 meet in Quentin. The Snitz Creek flows northward through the CDP into the Quittapahilla Creek (a tributary of the Swatara Creek) in Cleona.


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