Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Old Quincy School, built in 1925
Quincy is an
unincorporated community in
Columbia County ,
Oregon , United States.
[1] It is located about 4.5 miles northeast of
Clatskanie and 3.5 miles southwest of
Mayger in a drained and diked area of the
Columbia River lowlands.
[2]
[3]
The Quincy area was first settled about 1882 and named by J. W. Barnes for his hometown of
Quincy, Illinois .
[4] Quincy post office ran from 1892 until 1933.
[4]
In 1915, Quincy had a population of 40 and two churches and two schools.
[5] In 1940, Quincy had a population of 303.
[3] Quincy Store is still in operation.
[5]
[6]
References
^
"Quincy" .
Geographic Names Information System .
United States Geological Survey ,
United States Department of the Interior . November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 17, 2014 .
^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.).
Yarmouth, Maine :
DeLorme . 2008.
ISBN
0-89933-347-8 .
^
a
b
Writers' Program of the
Work Projects Administration in the
State of Oregon (1940).
Oregon: End of the Trail .
American Guide Series .
Portland, Oregon :
Binfords & Mort . p.
279 .
OCLC
4874569 .
^
a
b
McArthur, Lewis A. ;
McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928].
Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon:
Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 793.
ISBN
978-0875952772 .
^
a
b
Friedman, Ralph (1990).
In Search of Western Oregon . Caldwell, Idaho:
The Caxton Printers, Ltd . p. 129.
ISBN
0-87004-332-3 .
^
"Suspect in shooting of Rainier officer found dead near Clatskanie" .
The Daily News . June 23, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014 .
External links
46°08′37″N 123°09′36″W / 46.1437218°N 123.1601189°W / 46.1437218; -123.1601189