Quincy is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Columbia County,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, United States.
It is located about 4.5 miles northeast of
Clatskanie and 3.5 miles southwest of
Mayger in a drained and diked area of the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook language, Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin language, Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river headwater ...
lowlands.
The Quincy area was first settled about 1882 and named by J. W. Barnes for his hometown of
Quincy, Illinois
Quincy ( ) is a city in Adams County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Mississippi River, the population was 39,463 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 40,633 in 2010. The Quincy, Illinois, mic ...
.
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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Images of Quincy
from Flickr
* from Columbia River Images
Unincorporated communities in Columbia County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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