Quincy, Iowa

Quincy is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Iowa, United States.[1]

Quincy, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Quincy, Iowa is located in Iowa
Quincy, Iowa
Quincy, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°02′25″N 94°47′25″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyAdams
Elevation
1,289 ft (393 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
GNIS feature ID464710[1]

History

A post office was opened in Quincy in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[2] Quincy's population was 108 in 1902,[3] and 50 in 1925.[4]

Quincy once served as the county seat.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Iowa
  2. "Adams County". Iowa Ghost Towns. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  4. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
  5. Charles Richard Tuttle; Daniel Steele Durrie (1876). An Illustrated History of the State of Iowa: Being a Complete Civil, Political, and Military History of the State, from Its First Exploration Down to 1875. Richard S. Peale. pp. 414.


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