Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
Quincy is a small
unincorporated community in northwestern
Hickory County ,
Missouri , United States.
[1] It is located on
Route 83 , north of
U.S. Route 54 . A post office and a few homes are located there.
Quincy was
platted in 1848.
[2] The community most likely was named after
U.S. President
John Quincy Adams .
[3] A post office called Quincy has been in operation since 1850.
[4]
The Quincy post office originally provided service in central
Montgomery Township ,
[5] while a post office at Bledsoe provided for southernmost Montgomery Township.
Quincy Public Hall was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
[6]
Notable person
References
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Missouri
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916).
How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.
173 .
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"Hickory County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)" . The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016 . {{
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link )
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"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
^
Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36 . 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
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"National Register Information System" .
National Register of Historic Places .
National Park Service . July 9, 2010.
38°00′30″N 93°28′21″W / 38.00833°N 93.47250°W / 38.00833; -93.47250