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Introduction ...

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.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Quincy (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Quincy. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Quincy is historic, it would have been located within present day Adams County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Adams County: Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waushara & Wood.

Below are the counties that are near Quincy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quincy:

  • Adams County     (The home county of Quincy)
  • Columbia County
  • Juneau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Lemonweir
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mauston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mauston is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
    • New Lisbon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Necedah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyndon Station
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Camp Douglas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hustler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Elroy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Elroy is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • New Miner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Sprague
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Wonewoc
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Mather
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Oxford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Westfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Westfield is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Douglas Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Packwaukee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Endeavor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Endeavor is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Shennington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kendall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Oakdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wyeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Valley Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Tomah is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
    • Wilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Wilton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
  • Richland County
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Lake Delton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • La Valle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Reedsburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
    • Ironton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ironton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Rock Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Baraboo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lime Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • North Freedom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • West Baraboo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
    • Loganville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Hillsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Trippville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Tabor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • White City is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Waushara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.
    • Coloma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Coloma is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
    • Hancock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hancock is located in Waushara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Wood County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quincy, see our County-by-County Page for Quincy.

Cemeteries Near Quincy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quincy.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Quincy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quincy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Quincy itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Quincy, with the one closest to Quincy listed first.

  • White Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White Creek is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Creek
  • Lemonweir
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Easton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mauston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mauston is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
  • Adams Center ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Adams Center is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
  • Friendship
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendship is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
  • New Lisbon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lyndon Station
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Arkdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Grand Marsh
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
  • Strongs Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Plainville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche a Cri
    • New Chester ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • New Chester is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chester
    • Cloverdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quincy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quincy.

Newspapers Published in Quincy ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quincy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quincy, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quincy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Quincy:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Quincy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quincy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.