Quincy, Missouri
Quincy is a small unincorporated community in northwestern Hickory County, Missouri, United States. 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. Map created from US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Original Surveys 1835 & 1845
Quincy was platted in 1848. The community most likely was named after U.S. President John Quincy Adams. A post office called Quincy has been in operation since 1850.
The Quincy post office originally provided service in central Montgomery Township, 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.
Notable person
- Elijah S. Grammer, US Senator from Washington state
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Missouri
- ^ https://butterfieldoverlandstage.com/2012/08/01/maps-of-the-route/
- ^ https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 173.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36. 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
- ^ "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