Quincy is an
unincorporated community in
Columbia County,
Oregon, United States.
It is located about 4.5 miles northeast of
Clatskanie
Clatskanie is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It was named for the Tlatskanai Native American tribe, and the Clatskanie River which flows through the town and empties into the Columbia River about four miles to the north. The p ...
and 3.5 miles southwest of
Mayger in a drained and diked area of the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
lowlands.
The Quincy area was first settled about 1882 and named by J. W. Barnes for his hometown of
Quincy, Illinois
Quincy ( ), known as Illinois's "Gem City", is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States, located on the Mississippi River. The 2020 census counted a population of 39,463 in the city itself, down from 40,633 in 2010. ...
.
Quincy post office ran from 1892 until 1933.
[
In 1915, Quincy had a population of 40 and two churches and two schools.][ Quincy Store is still in operation.]
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External links
Images of Quincy
from Flickr
from Columbia River Images
Unincorporated communities in Columbia County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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