Quincy, Mississippi

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Quincy, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Quincy
Coordinates: 33°54′35″N88°22′01″W / 33.90972°N 88.36694°W / 33.90972; -88.36694
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Monroe
Elevation
387 ft (118 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID692163 [1]

Quincy is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

Quincy is located approximately 8 miles east of Amory on U.S. Route 278. This is the geography wherein the wrongful lynching of Jennie Steers (1903) according to a YouTube video posted on the Julian Johnson Law page.

History

Quincy is located along the BNSF Railway. [2]

In 1900, Quincy had a church and population of 32. [3]

A post office operated under the name Quincy from 1827 to 1956. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Quincy, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 484.
  4. ↑ "Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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