Quincy, Missouri

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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.

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]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Missouri
  2. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  173.
  3. ↑ "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)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36. 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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