Chinquapin or chinkapin may refer to:

Plants Chinquapin or chinkapin, any of the shrubs in the genus Castanopsis Chinquapin or chinkapin, any of the several trees and shrubs in the genus Chrysolepis Chinquapin or chinkapin, some of the species in the chestnut genus Castanea American chinquapin, Castanea pumila, a dwarf chestnut native to southeastern quarter of the U.S. Chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins Dwarf chinkapin oak (Quercus prinoides), a closely related, more shrubby oak species Water-chinquapin, a name for the water plant Nelumbo lutea, American lotus Chinquapin rose, a name for Rosa roxburghii, an old Chinese rose

Places Chinquapin, California, a former settlement in Mariposa County, California Chinquapin, North Carolina, a community in Duplin County, North Carolina Chinquapin, Texas, Matagorda County, Texas

Institutions Chinquapin Preparatory School, a school in Highlands, Texas Chinquapin Middle School, a school in Baltimore, Maryland

Other uses , a ship in the US Navy Chinquapin Parish, a fictional parish in Louisiana and the setting for the 1987 play Steel Magnolias Chinquapin, a name for the redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) Chinquapin (newsletter), newsletter of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society

See also Chinquapin Grove, former name of Dacula, Georgia Chinqua Penn Plantation