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Quincy, Iowa

Coordinates: 41°02′25″N 94°47′25″W / 41.04028°N 94.79028°W / 41.04028; -94.79028
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Quincy, Iowa
Quincy, Iowa is located in Iowa
Quincy, Iowa
Quincy, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°02′25″N 94°47′25″W / 41.04028°N 94.79028°W / 41.04028; -94.79028
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]

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

History

A post office was opened in Quincy in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[2]

Quincy once served as the county seat.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ 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.