Poinsett most often refers to

Joel Roberts Poinsett Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779December 12, 1851) was an American physician, diplomat and botanist. He was the first U.S. agent in South America, a member of the South Carolina legislature and the United States House of Representatives, the ...

(1779-1851), American physician and diplomat, namegiver for many of the other meanings. Poinsett may also refer to:

Places

In the United States

Arkansas

Poinsett County, Arkansas Poinsett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,583. The county seat is Harrisburg. Poinsett County is included in the Jonesboro–Paragould Combined Statistical Area. History ...

, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett **

East Poinsett County School District East Poinsett County School District (EPCSD) is a public school district based in Lepanto, Arkansas, United States. The school district encompasses of land, including portions of Poinsett County and Mississippi County. Poinsett County incor ...

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East Poinsett County High School East Poinsett County High School (EPC) is a nationally recognized and accredited comprehensive public high school serving students in grades six through twelve in Lepanto, Arkansas, United States located in eastern Poinsett County. Academics ...

Lake Poinsett State Park Lake Poinsett State Park is a List of Arkansas state parks, Arkansas state park on Crowley's Ridge in Poinsett County, Arkansas, Poinsett County, Arkansas in the United States. The park was formed after the damming of Distress Creek to create a ...

Poinsett Community Club The Poinsett Community Club is a historic community center at Main and Poinsett Streets in Trumann, Arkansas. This large American Craftsman/Bungalow structure was designed by Watson B. Boggs and built in 1927, to provide a number of social resour ...

** Poinsett County Courthouse **

Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House The Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House, also known locally as the Singer Mansion, is a historic house at 512 Poinsett Avenue in Trumann, Arkansas. It is a single-story structure, with a varied roof line, and multiple exte ...

Delaware

Poinsett House Poinsett House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built in the mid-18th century as a tenant house. The original section is a two-story, two-bay, one-room plan brick structure measuring 20 feet by 18 fee ...

, a home in Kenton, Delaware, that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Florida

Lake Poinsett (Florida) Lake Poinsett is a lake in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near Rockledge and Cocoa, with small portions in Orange County and Osceola County. It is the second-largest lake in Brevard County, after Lake Washington, though it is actually ...

South Carolina

* Poinsett Bridge, a bridge near Columbia, South Carolina, and the oldest bridge in South Carolina *

Poinsett Hotel The Poinsett Hotel, or Westin Poinsett Hotel, is a twelve-story, landmark hotel in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, one of the first skyscrapers in Greenville. Named for Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War under President Millard Fillmore, th ...

, a hotel in Greenville, South Carolina, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett * Poinsett State Park, a state park located in Sumter County, South Carolina, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett

South Dakota

* Lake Poinsett (South Dakota), named for Joel Roberts Poinsett * Lake Poinsett (CDP), South Dakota

Outside the United States

Cape Poinsett Law dome

Cape Poinsett () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica, the northern ext ...

, the northern extremity of Budd Coast, Antarctica, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett

Ships

*, a sidewheel gunboat, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett *, launched 22 May 1944, named for Poinsett County, Arkansas

Other

* Poinsettia, a plant species native to Mexico, also known as Christmas Flower, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett {{disambig, geo, ship