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Welcome to Quincy Point ...

Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quincy Point, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Quincy Point: Quincy Pt.

Quincy Point is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Quincy Point lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Quincy Point ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quincy Point.

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 Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quincy Point.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quincy Point. 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 Point.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quincy Point. See our Newspapers Page for Quincy Point.

Adding Quincy Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quincy Point 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 Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Quincy Point post office opened in 1852.

We also found Quincy Point in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quincy Point.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Norfolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quincy Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/