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Welcome to Quincy ...So far, we found very little information about Quincy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Quincy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Quincy, please Contact Us. Quincy would have been located within present day Adams County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Quincy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. When the people of Quincy referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Quincyan<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Quincy is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Quincy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Quincy would have been located in the (608) area code. Communities Also Named Quincy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Quincy - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quincy. Communities near Quincy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quincy.
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 Quincy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quincy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quincy. 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 Quincy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quincy. See our Newspapers Page for Quincy. Adding Quincy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Quincy 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 Quincy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Quincy in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Quincy. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.wi.us/ The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/ Footnotes ...
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