Quincy, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.
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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]
Notable person
- Elijah S. Grammer, US Senator from Washington state
