Quincy, Missouri

Quincy Station on the Butterfield Trail 1858-1861 Period on a Campbell's 1873 map by Gregory Wadley

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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]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy, Missouri
  2. ^ https://butterfieldoverlandstage.com/2012/08/01/maps-of-the-route/
  3. ^ https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx#surveyDetailsTabIndex=1
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 173.
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  7. ^ Montgomery Township, Hickory County, MO. Page 9 of 36. 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Accessed 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ "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