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 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
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Script error: No such module "If empty".
- ↑ https://butterfieldoverlandstage.com/2012/08/01/maps-of-the-route/
- ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1
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- ↑ Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36. 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
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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