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Quincy, Massachusetts
Official seal of Quincy, Massachusetts
Seal
Location in Massachusetts
Location in Massachusetts
CountryUnited States
StateMassachusetts
CountyNorfolk County
Settled1625
Incorporated1792
Government
 • TypeMayor-council city
 • MayorWilliam J. Phelan
Elevation
20 ft (6 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total88,025
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code
02169, 02170, 02171
Area code617 / 857
Websitehttp://ci.quincy.ma.us/
Tombs of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives, in a family crypt beneath the United First Parish Church.

Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts and was the hometown of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. It bears the nickname "The City of Presidents". As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 88,025. First settled in 1625, the city was originally part of Braintree. It was incorporated in 1792 as the town of Quincy, and became a city in 1888. The city's name is correctly pronounced "Quin-zee",[1] though non-locals often mispronounce it as "Quin-cee", and it is named after Colonel John Quincy.

Howard Johnson's and Dunkin Donuts were founded and started in Quincy.

History

Quincy was first settled by a bunch of drunken immagrant bastards who were forced out of their countries for molesting little boys and raping women all day long and never taking showers also they smoked alot of pot and fell down alot.

you should call this number for a good tyme and ask for christine 

    617-842-8414 ;););););););0;>;););););)

Geography

Quincy is located at 42°15'38" North, 71°0'21" West (42.260566, -71.005851)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 69.6 km² (26.9 mi²). 43.5 km² (16.8 mi²) of it is land and 26.2 km² (10.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 37.60% water.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 88,025 people, 38,883 households, and 20,530 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,025.4/km² (5,244.3/mi²). There were 40,093 housing units at an average density of 922.5/km² (2,388.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 79.60% White, 2.21% African American, 0.16% Native American, 15.39% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population.

There were 38,883 households out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.2% were non-families. 37.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 17.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,121, and the median income for a family was $59,735. Males had a median income of $40,720 versus $34,238 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,001. About 5.2% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Neighborhoods

Quincy is divided into numerous neighborhoods whose names have changed over the years. Current neighborhoods include:

Education

Public schools

The Quincy Public School system has 11 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, and 2 high schools.

Elementary Schools

  • Atherton Hough
  • Beechwood Knoll
  • Bernazzani
  • Clifford Marshall
  • Lincoln-Hancock
  • Merrymount
  • Montclair
  • Parker
  • Snug Harbor
  • Squantum
  • Wollaston

Middle Schools

  • Atlantic
  • Broad Meadows
  • Central
  • Point Webster
  • Sterling

High Schools

Higher education

Quincy is home to Eastern Nazarene College, a four-year liberal arts college in the Wollaston neighborhood operated by the Church of the Nazarene and notable for a mandatory "Lifestyle Covenant" regulating students' conduct and social life.

Quincy College, a two-year community college, is unique in Massachusetts as being the only post-secondary institution owned and operated by the municipality in which it is located.

Sports

Active sporting programs include the Red Raiders of North Quincy High School, the Presidents of Quincy High School and the Crusaders of Eastern Nazarene College. Quincy also hosted the youth baseball Babe Ruth League World Series in 2003 and 2005.

Quincy has had brief flirtations with professional sports. The Quincy Chiefs of the minor league Eastern Basketball Association (the predecessor to the current Continental Basketball Association) played a single season in 1977-78, and was coached and managed by current Boston Celtics executive Leo Papile. The Chiefs finished 12-19 in third place, and lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion Wilkes-Barre. The final season of the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer Association was played at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, in 1976, finishing 7-17.

See also

Further reading

  • Browne, Patricia Harrigan, "Quincy - A Past Carved in Stone", Images of America Series, Arcadia Publishing, July 1996, ISBN 0-7524-0299-4

References

  1. ^ City of Quincy, Massachusetts
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