Do you know of Quincy ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Quincy. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Quincy.
Our sources for Quincy (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Quincy other than they indicate that Quincy would be found somewhere in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1901 and closed in 1961.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Quincy ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Quincy.
Within West Virginia, the name Quincy is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Plumas County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Quincy [Plumas County].
- Colorado
- Florida
- Gadsden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Quincy [Gadsden County].
- Illinois
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Quincy [Adams County].
- Indiana
- Owen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Quincy [Owen County].
- Iowa
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Quincy [Adams County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Quincy [Lewis County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Quincy [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Branch County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quincy [Branch County].
- Houghton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quincy [Houghton County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Quincy [Monroe County].
- Missouri
- Hickory County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Quincy [Hickory County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Quincy [Grafton County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Quincy [Logan County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Quincy [Columbia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Quincy [Franklin County].
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Quincy [Crockett County].
- Texas
- Bee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Quincy [Bee County].
- Washington
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Quincy [Grant County].
- Wisconsin
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Quincy [Adams County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Quincy ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Quincy:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Quincy.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/66340 (Place Name: Quincy (RR name Dickinson))
County: Kanawha (FIPS State/County: 54/039)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Quincy) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Kanawha County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Kanawha County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Quincy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |