Quincy

Also known as Quincy, Massachusetts, Quincy, MA, Quincy Massachusetts, Quincy MA

city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

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Quincy is a city located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, situated near Boston. As a historic municipality in the Boston metropolitan area, it serves as an important community in the region's urban and economic landscape.

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Official name: Quincy
Population: 101636
Area: 69.686892
Elevation: 9
Official website: www.quincyma.gov
Image: Quincy MA Town Hall 1844.jpg
Households: 41322
Dialing code: 857

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Commons category: Quincy, Massachusetts
Commons gallery: Quincy, Massachusetts
inception: 1625-00-00
postal code: 02269
native label: Quincy
P8168: Brooke Smith
water as percent of area: 38.4092
per capita income: 42847
P12749: Pyotr Gavrilov

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Quincy ( English pronunciation: /ˈkwɪnzi/ ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. Known as the "City of Presidents", Quincy is the birthplace of two U.S. presidents—John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams—as well as John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first and third governor of Massachusetts.

First settled in 1625, Quincy was briefly part of Dorchester before becoming the North Precinct of Braintree in 1640. In 1792, Quincy was split off from the Town of Braintree and was incorporated separately as the Town of Quincy; the new town was named after Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams and after whom John Quincy Adams was also named. Quincy became a city in 1888.