Quincy, Missouri

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Quincy Station on the Butterfield Trail 1858-1861 Period on a Campbell's 1873 map by Gregory Wadley

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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 and was a Relay Station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. [2] Map created from US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Original Surveys 1835 & 1845 [3]

Quincy was platted in 1848. [4] The community most likely was named after U.S. President John Quincy Adams. [5] A post office called Quincy has been in operation since 1850. [6]

The Quincy post office originally provided service in central Montgomery Township, [7] 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. [8]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Missouri
  2. https://butterfieldoverlandstage.com/2012/08/01/maps-of-the-route/
  3. https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  173.
  5. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  7. Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36. 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
  8. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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Butterfield Overland Mail Route 1858-1861 Period on a Campbell's 1873 Map by Gregory Wadley US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Original Surveys 1835 & 1845