Quincy, Massachusetts

File:Mount Wollaston sketch.jpg

The road that eventually became the Old Coast Road from Boston to Plymouth, going through Quincy and Braintree, started out as a native american trail.{{Cite book |last=Edwards |first=Agnes |title=The Old Coast Road |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1920 |location=Boston and New York |pages=3–5}}

Massachusett sachem Chickatawbut had his seat on a hill called Moswetuset Hummock prior to the settlement of the area by English colonists, situated east of the mouth of the Neponset River near what is now called Squantum.{{cite web|url=http://thomascranelibrary.org/htm/436.htm|title=East Squantum Street (Moswetuset Hummock)|year=1986|work=Quincy, Massa. Historical and Architectural Survey|publisher=Thomas Crane Public Library|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-date=June 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626232221/http://thomascranelibrary.org/htm/436.htm|url-status=dead}} It was visited in 1621 by Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish and Squanto, a native guide.{{cite book|last=Neal|first=Daniel|title=The history of New-England|publisher=Printed for A. Ward|location=London|year=1747|edition=2|volume=2|page=216|chapter=XIV: The Present State of New England|oclc=8616817|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3opAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA216|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201637/https://books.google.com/books?id=u3opAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA216|url-status=live}}

Four years later, a party led by Captain Richard Wollaston established a post on a low hill near the south shore of Quincy Bay east of present-day Black's Creek. The settlers found the area suitable for farming, as Chickatawbut and his group had cleared much of the land of trees. (The Indians used the name Passonagessit ("Little Neck of Land") for the area.{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/literary-criticism/morton-thomas|title=Morton, Thomas – Introduction.|last=Schoenberg|first=Thomas J.|year=2006|work=Literary Criticism (1400–1800)|publisher=enotes.com|access-date=2009-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111034857/http://www.enotes.com/literary-criticism/morton-thomas|archive-date=2010-01-11|url-status=dead}}) This settlement was named Mount Wollaston in honor of the leader, who left the area soon after 1625, bound for Virginia.{{cite book|last=Lodge|first=Henry Cabot|title=Boston|publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co.|location=New York|year=1902|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PnFx61kbyxsC/page/n21 7]|oclc=4276118|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PnFx61kbyxsC|access-date=2009-10-15}}

The Wollaston neighborhood in Quincy still retains Captain Wollaston's name. Upon the departure of Wollaston, Thomas Morton took over leadership of the post. Morton's history of conflict with the Plymouth settlement and his free-thinking ideals antagonized the Plymouth settlement, who maligned the colony and accused it of debauchery with Indian women and drunkenness. Morton renamed the settlement Ma-re-Mount ("Hill by the Sea") and later wrote that the conservative separatists of Plymouth Colony to the south were "threatening to make it a woefull mount and not a merry mount", in reference to the fact that they disapproved of his libertine practices.{{cite book|last=Morton|first=Thomas|title=The new English Canaan of Thomas Morton|editor=Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|publisher=The Prince Society|location=Boston|year=1883|page=[https://archive.org/details/newenglishcanaa00adamgoog/page/n290 278]|oclc=28272732|url=https://archive.org/details/newenglishcanaa00adamgoog|access-date=2009-10-15}} In 1627, Morton was arrested by Standish for violating the code of conduct in a way harmful to the colony. He was sent back to England, only to return and be arrested by Puritans the next year. The area of Quincy now called Merrymount is located on the site of the original English settlement of 1625 and takes its name from the punning name given by Morton.{{cite web|url=http://www.merrymountquincy.com/|title=The Merrymount Association|access-date=2009-10-15|archive-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426075353/http://www.merrymountquincy.com/|url-status=live}}

The area was first incorporated as part of Dorchester in 1630 and was briefly annexed by Boston in 1634.{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Charles Francis|title=History of Braintree, Massachusetts (1639-1708) : the north precinct of Braintree (1708-1792) and the town of Quincy (1792-1889)|year=1891|publisher=Riverside Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbraintr00adam/page/3 3]–5|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbraintr00adam|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}} The area became Braintree in 1640,{{cite book |author=Pattee, William S. |title=A History of Old Braintree and Quincy: With a Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N3gdM3L6dIMC/page/n26 12] |publisher=Green & Prescott |year=1859 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N3gdM3L6dIMC}} bordered along the coast of Massachusetts Bay by Dorchester{{cite web|url=http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=52|title=Dorchester MA, Town History 1630-1870|last=Taylor|first=Earl|year=2008|publisher=Dorchester Atheneum|access-date=2009-10-15|archive-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020181539/http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=52|url-status=dead}} to the north and Weymouth{{cite web|url=http://www.weymouth.ma.us/history/index.asp|title=A Short History Lesson (from the Town's Master Plan)|publisher=Town of Weymouth|access-date=2009-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424234017/http://www.weymouth.ma.us/history/index.asp|archive-date=2012-04-24|url-status=dead}} to the east. Beginning in 1708, the modern border of Quincy first took shape as the North Precinct of Braintree.

Following the American Revolution, Quincy was officially incorporated as a separate town named for Col. John Quincy in 1792, the grandfather of Abigail Adams {{cite book |author=Pattee, William S. |title=A History of Old Braintree and Quincy: With a Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N3gdM3L6dIMC/page/n65 61] |publisher=Green & Prescott |year=1859 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N3gdM3L6dIMC}} and was made a city in 1888.{{cite web|url=http://www.quincyma.gov/CityOfQuincy_Content/documents/FinalBooklet.pdf|title=Good Neighbor Booklet|date=n.d.|publisher=City of Quincy|pages=20|access-date=2010-01-16|archive-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721061759/http://www.quincyma.gov/CityOfQuincy_Content/documents/FinalBooklet.pdf|url-status=dead}} Quincy, Massachusetts, is the only one of 17 cities named Quincy in the United States whose residents pronounce the name as "KWIN-zee" rather than "KWIN-see". In 1845 the Old Colony Railroad opened; the Massachusetts Historical Commission stated that the railroad was "the beginning of a trend toward suburbanization". Quincy became as accessible to Boston as was Charlestown. The first suburban land company, Bellevue Land Co., had been organized in northern Quincy in 1870."[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/MHC/mhcpdf/townreports/Boston/qui.pdf MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report QUINCY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040741/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/MHC/mhcpdf/townreports/Boston/qui.pdf |date=June 4, 2011 }}." Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1981. 9 (10/18). Retrieved on January 16, 2010. Quincy's population grew by over 50 percent during the 1920s.Schaeffer, K. H. and Elliott Sclar. Access for All: Transportation and Urban Growth. Columbia University Press, 1980. Accessed on Google Books. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xSty8KR3clIC&dq=Braintree+suburbanization&pg=PA86 86]. Retrieved on January 16, 2010. {{ISBN|0-231-05165-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-231-05165-1}}.

Among the city's several firsts was the Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in the United States. It was constructed in 1826 to carry granite from a Quincy quarry to the Neponset River in Milton so that the stone could then be taken by boat to erect the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Quincy granite became famous throughout the nation, and stonecutting became the city's principal economic activity. Quincy was also home to the first iron furnace in the United States, the John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site (also known as Braintree Furnace), from 1644 to 1653.

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In the 1870s, the city gave its name to the Quincy Method, an influential approach to education developed by Francis W. Parker while he served as Quincy's superintendent of schools. Parker, an early proponent of progressive education, put his ideas into practice in the city's underperforming schools; four years later, a state survey found that Quincy's students were excelling.Koegel, R. "Partnership Education and

Nonviolent Communication" Retrieved 2008-12-06 [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513133348/http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/press/article_PDF/Rob_Koegel/Partnership_Education_NVC_RKoegel.pdf] Many of Quincy’s teachers were recruited by districts in other states, spreading the Quincy method beyond Massachusetts to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Florida, Minnesota, and other places.{{cite journal |last1=Murphy |first1=Jeremy T. |title=From Teacher Improvement to Teacher Turnover: Unintended Consequences of School Reform in Quincy, Massachusetts, 1872-1893 |journal=History of Education Quarterly |date=July 7, 2021 |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=503–533 |doi=10.1017/heq.2021.20|s2cid=237768705 |doi-access=free }}

Quincy was additionally important as a shipbuilding center. Sailing ships were built in Quincy for many years, including the only seven-masted schooner ever built, Thomas W. Lawson. The Fore River area became a shipbuilding center in the 1880s; founded by Thomas A. Watson, who became wealthy as assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in developing the telephone, many famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard. Amongst these were the aircraft carrier {{USS|Lexington|CV-2}}; the battleships {{USS|Massachusetts|BB-59}}, now preserved as a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Massachusetts, and {{USS|Nevada|BB-36}}; and {{USS|Salem|CA-139}}, the world's last all-gun heavy warship, which is still preserved at Fore River as the main exhibit of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum. John J. Kilroy, reputed originator of the famous Kilroy was here graffiti, was a rivet inspector at Fore River.{{cite book|last=Osgood|first=Charles|title=Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor From World War II|publisher=Hyperion|location=New York|year=2001|page=[https://archive.org/details/kilroywashere00char_0/page/19 19]|isbn=978-0-7868-6661-8|oclc=45532422|url=https://archive.org/details/kilroywashere00char_0|url-access=registration|access-date=2009-07-29}}

Quincy was also an aviation pioneer thanks to Dennison Field. Located in the Squantum section of town it was one of the world's first airports and was partially developed by Amelia Earhart. In 1910, it was the site of the Harvard Aero Meet, the second air show in America. It was later leased to the Navy for an airfield, and served as a reserve Squantum Naval Air Station into the 1950s. The Army has also long maintained a presence in the city, with the Massachusetts Army National Guard occupying the Kelley Armory in Wollaston, from 1971 to 1976 it served as headquarters for the 187th Infantry Brigade.

The Howard Johnson's and Dunkin' Donuts restaurant chains were both founded in Quincy. Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys got its start in the city's Wollaston neighborhood in 1996. Quincy is also home to the United States' longest-running Flag Day parade, a tradition that began in 1952 under Richard Koch, a former director of Parks and Recreation, who started the "Koch Club" sports organization for kids and had an annual parade with flags.Conkley, D. "[http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x2036715518/Flag-Day-is-a-banner-day-in-Quincy Flag Day is a banner day in Quincy]". Retrieved 2008-06-12.

Image:Quincy MA geography.png

Quincy shares borders with Boston to the north (separated by the Neponset River), Milton to the west, Randolph and Braintree to the south, and Weymouth (separated by the Fore River) and Hull (maritime border between Quincy Bay and Hingham Bay) to the east. Historically, before incorporation when it was called "Mount Wollaston" and later as the "North Precinct" of Braintree, Quincy roughly began at the Neponset River in the north and ended at the Fore River in the south.

Quincy Bay, within city limits to the northeast, is part of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. There are several beaches in Quincy,{{Cite web |url=http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/Beaches.cfm |title=About Quincy beaches |access-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714060901/http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/Beaches.cfm |url-status=dead }} including Wollaston Beach along Quincy Shore Drive. Located on the western shore of Quincy Bay, Wollaston Beach is the largest Boston Harbor beach.[http://www.tbha.org/programs_beaches_wollastonbeach.htm Boston Harbor Association] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729073146/http://www.tbha.org/programs_beaches_wollastonbeach.htm |date=July 29, 2009 }} Quincy's territory includes Hangman Island, Moon Island (restricted access, and all land is owned by the City of Boston), Nut Island (now a peninsula), and Raccoon Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|26.9|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|16.8|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|10.1|sqmi}} is water. The total area is 37.60% water.

Although Quincy is primarily urban, {{convert|2485|acre|sqmi km2|1}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/mgis |title=MassGIS Protected and Recreational Open Space data, last updated 2008-07-10 |access-date=July 30, 2008 |archive-date=August 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801210447/http://www.mass.gov/mgis/ |url-status=live }} or fully 23 percent of its land area lies within the uninhabited Blue Hills Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. This undeveloped natural area encompasses the southwestern portion of Quincy and includes the city's highest point, {{convert|517|ft|adj=on}} Chickatawbut Hill. Other hills within Quincy include Forbes Hill in Wollaston, Presidents Hill in Quincy Center and Penns Hill in South Quincy.[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:612914 Forbes Hill, USGS Geographic Names Information Service:612914] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201608/https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names |date=February 15, 2023 }}. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:612985 Presidents Hill, USGS Geographic Names Information Service:612985] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201608/https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names |date=February 15, 2023 }}.[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:613396 Penns Hill, USGS Geographic Names Information Service:613396] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201608/https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names |date=February 15, 2023 }}

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{{Historical populations

|type= USA

|state= collapsed

|1800|1081

|1810|1281

|1820|1628

|1830|2201

|1840|3486

|1850|5017

|1860|6778

|1870|7442

|1880|10570

|1890|16723

|1900|23899

|1910|32642

|1920|47876

|1930|71983

|1940|75810

|1950|83835

|1960|87409

|1970|87966

|1980|84743

|1990|84985

|2000|88025

|2010|92271

|2020|101636

|2022*|101727

|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}}}

|footnote=* = population estimate. {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}{{cite web|title=1950 Census of Population|volume=1: Number of Inhabitants|at=Section 6, Pages 21-7 through 21-09, Massachusetts Table 4. Population of Urban Places of 10,000 or more from Earliest Census to 1920|publisher=Bureau of the Census|access-date=July 12, 2011|year=1952|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609073753/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-09 |url-status=live}}{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=November 4, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}

}}

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|+Quincy, Massachusetts – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Quincy city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US2555745|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Quincy city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2555745&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Quincy city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2555745&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2000

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

|-

|White alone (NH)

|68,980

|60,448

|style='background: #ffffe6; |55,055

|78.36%

|65.51%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.17%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|1,846

|3,998

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,449

|2.10%

|4.33%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.36%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|129

|137

|style='background: #ffffe6; |117

|0.15%

|0.15%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|13,519

|22,124

|style='background: #ffffe6; |31,196

|15.36%

|23.98%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.69%

|-

|Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|19

|21

|style='background: #ffffe6; |16

|0.02%

|0.02%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%

|-

|Some Other Race alone (NH)

|290

|768

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,011

|0.33%

|0.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.99%

|-

|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)

|1,407

|1,686

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,578

|1.60%

|1.83%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.52%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|1,835

|3,089

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,214

|2.08%

|3.35%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.13%

|-

|Total

|88,025

|92,271

|style='background: #ffffe6; |101,636

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

As of the 2020 United States census,{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Census: Quincy, MA |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/quincycitymassachusetts/PST045222 |access-date=December 18, 2023}} there were 101,636 people and 46,789 households, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. The population density was {{convert|6,137.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 51,156 housing units.

The racial makeup of the city was 56.2% White (non-Hispanic), 6.4% African American alone, 0.1% Native American alone, 28.9% Asian alone (15.6% Chinese, 3.2% Vietnamese, 2.6% Indian), 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 5.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.4% of the population. 33.5% were of Irish, 12.7% Italian and 5.0% English ancestry according to the 2000 Census. 58.1% spoke only English,{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B06007 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B06007&geo_ids=16000US2555745,05000US25021,04000US25,01000US&primary_geo_id=16000US2555745 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=censusreporter.org}} while 8.0% spoke Chinese or Mandarin, 2.6% Cantonese, 1.9% Spanish, 1.5% Vietnamese and 1.3% Italian in their homes.

Of the city's 46,789 households, approximately 56.6% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no spouse present, 5.2% were male householders with no spouse present, and 25.8% were non-families. 50.1% of Quincy's population was male, and 49.9% female. The average household size was 2.2 people, and most people (84.3%) were in the same house a year ago.{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Quincy, MA |url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2555745-quincy-ma/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}}

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 14% under the age of 18, 66.2% from 18 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|+Age Distribution

!Age

!Percent

!Total

|-

|0-9

|8.4%

|8,577

|-

|10-19

|8.9%

|9,067

|-

|20-29

|13%

|13,209

|-

|30-39

|18.4%

|18,727

|-

|40-49

|13.1%

|13,355

|-

|50-59

|9.9%

|10,110

|-

|60-69

|16%

|16,240

|-

|70-79

|7.6%

|7,775

|-

|80+

|4.6%

|4,656

|}

The median income for a household in the city was $90,668. Males had a median income of 1.31 times greater than females ($97,905 compared to $74,737 for females). The per capita income for the city was $53,082. About 7.3% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

{{see also|Chinese Americans in Boston}}

Image:Kam Man Food.jpg in Quincy]]

As of 2010, Quincy has the highest per capita concentration of persons of Asian origin in Massachusetts.Encarnacao, Jack. "[http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20110323/NEWS/303239799/?Start=1 Quincy's Asian population surging]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103104/http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20110323/NEWS/303239799/?Start=1 |date=2015-12-22 }}). The Patriot Ledger. March 23, 2011. Retrieved on September 8, 2015. As of 2003 about 66% of the Asians in Quincy are ethnic Chinese,Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-india.html Immigrants from India a growing community in Quincy]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112135737/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-india.html |date=2016-01-12 }}). The Patriot Ledger. July 2, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive])). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. giving the city one of the largest Chinese populations in the state.Hsiao, Teresa. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-school.html WEEKEND TRAINING]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705220723/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-school.html |date=2015-07-05 }}). The Patriot Ledger. July 2, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. There is also a community of persons of East Indian origins, with most of them working in information technology and other skilled professions. A growing number of people with Vietnamese origins live in the area as well and make up the second largest Asian American group in Quincy; it is estimated that nearly 4,000 Vietnamese people live in the city.

In 1980, there were 750 persons of Asian origin in Quincy. Most of the Asian immigrants coming in the 1980s originated from Hong Kong and Taiwan.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day1-trends.html Quincy's Asian-American community is growing, changing]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153353/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day1-trends.html |date=2015-07-06 }}). The Patriot Ledger. June 28, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. In 1990, Quincy had 5,577 persons of Asian origin, with 143 of them being of East Indian origin. The number of Asians increased to 13,546 in 2000, with about 9,000 of them being ethnic Chinese, and 1,127 of them being ethnic East Indian. The latter group grew by 688%, making it the fastest-growing Asian subgroup in Quincy. Around 2003, most Asian immigrants were coming from Fujian instead of Hong Kong and Taiwan. At that time, Quincy had a higher Asian population than the Boston Chinatown. The overall Asian population increased by 64% in the following decade, to 22,174 in 2010. Quincy's Chinese population increased by 60% during that time period.Fox, Jeremy C. "[http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/downtown/2011/05/chinese_american_population_ex.html Chinese population expanding in Boston suburbs]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112161309/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/downtown/2011/05/chinese_american_population_ex.html |date=2016-01-12 }}). Boston Globe. Retrieved on September 8, 2015.

Historically, Quincy's Asian residents traveled to shops in Chinatown, Boston.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day1-main.html Many anticipate Quincy is becoming THE NEXT CHINATOWN]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112125105/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day1-main.html |date=2016-01-12 }}). The Patriot Ledger. June 28, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. In 2003, New York City-based Kam Man Food opened one of its supermarkets in Quincy.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day2-bank.html Asian American Bank's banking on success of new supermarket]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104044/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day2-bank.html |date=2015-09-24 }}). The Patriot Ledger. June 30, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. In February 2017, City Councilor Nina Liang presented a motion to designate Quincy as a "Sanctuary City".Quincy Patriot Ledger Newspaper 2/17/17 This motion was voted down by the City Council. Quincy has an estimated 8,000 undocumented residents and has the 11th-highest concentration of immigrants in Massachusetts overall.The Immigrant Learning Center 3/2012 report

As of 2000, about 50% of Asians in Quincy own their own houses; many who rent do so while saving money for down payments for their houses. Sixty-five percent of the Chinese were homeowners, while only 10% of the East Indians were homeowners. As of 2003, slightly more than 2,500 Asian Americans in Quincy were registered to vote, making up almost 25% of Asians in the city who were eligible to vote.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-main.html LOOKING TO THE FUTURE]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153430/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day4-main.html |date=July 6, 2015 }}). July 2, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015.

In the 1980s, the city experienced unrest due to racial tensions and violence directed toward Southeast Asian and Chinese residents.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day3-main.html CLOSING THE DIVIDE]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153410/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day3-main.html |date=July 6, 2015 }}). The Patriot Ledger. July 1, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. At this time, the Quincy Police Department did not employ any AAPI police officers, which led to a lack of trust within the Asian-American community.Eschbacher, Karen. "[http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day3-police.html Two Asian-American officers make inroads in neighborhoods]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153415/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/day3-police.html |date=July 6, 2015 }}). The Patriot Ledger. July 1, 2003 (from the [http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html summary page]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150706153435/http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/chinatown/index.html Archive]). Retrieved on September 8, 2015. The City gradually increased its outreach to its Asian-American communities and developed multicultural programming showcasing immigrant cultures to help familiarize the larger community with its new neighbors and promote community integration. Racial tensions gradually diminished, and by 2003, the Quincy Police Department had prioritized the diversification of their force, employing multiple Asian-American officers .

In 2003, Quincy Asian Resources Inc. planned to establish a newsletter for Asian residents. In 2011, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. (BCNC; {{lang-zh|t=波士頓華埠社區中心|labels=no}}) began offering services in Quincy.

Image:Quincy MA Neighborhoods.png

Quincy is divided into numerous neighborhoods with individual histories and characteristics.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/neighborhoods.cfm |title=Quincy Neighborhoods |access-date=July 14, 2009 |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713195849/http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/neighborhoods.cfm |url-status=dead }}

• Adams Shore was originally developed as a summer resort location and is now a year-round residential area.
• Germantown is the site of a former planned manufacturing community begun in the 1750s to encourage German immigration, it is now a densely-populated residential neighborhood featuring several public housing developments.
• Houghs Neck is a northeastern peninsular community named for Atherton Hough, who was granted the land in 1636 for use as a farm and orchard. Hough's Neck has a substantial Irish-American population.
• Marina Bay is a residential-commercial area developed in the 1980s on the site of the closed Naval Air Station Squantum with high-rise condominiums, restaurants and a large marina.
• Merrymount is a primarily residential neighborhood and the site of Quincy's initial settlement.
• Montclair is the northwestern section of the city along West Squantum Street, bordering the town of Milton.
• North Quincy is a residential and commercial neighborhood along Hancock Street and Quincy Shore Drive that is home to a substantial Asian-American population, the community is regionally notable for its culturally diverse small business sector, and it is the location of one of the city's largest high schools, North Quincy High School.
• Quincy Center is the commercial and government center of the city where City Hall, Thomas Crane Public Library, the United First Parish Church (Old Stone Church), Quincy Masonic Building, and numerous office buildings and residential streets can be found.
• Quincy Point is a densely-populated residential area east of Quincy Center, with commercial areas along Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery, it is also the site of the Fore River Shipyard.
• South Quincy is a residential and commercial area bordering the town of Braintree that includes Crown Colony office park and Faxon Park, a wooded {{convert|66|acre|km2|adj=on}} protected space.
• Squantum is a peninsular area and the northernmost region of Quincy, once-popular as a summer seaside resort destination, it is now a year-round residential area known for its tight-knit community and its recreational offerings, including several municipal beaches and Squantum Point Park, which is on the site of the former Naval Air Station Squantum. Squantum has a significant Irish-American population.
• West Quincy is a residential and commercial section with immediate access to Interstate 93 and is the site of several former granite quarries, now the Quincy Quarries Reservation, as well as the Granite Railway, the first commercial railway in the United States.
• Wollaston, named for Captain Richard Wollaston, the leader of Quincy's original settlers, was an early rail-accessed commuter home for Boston workers, it is now a densely-populated residential and commercial area that includes the Eastern Nazarene College campus.

File:Stop & Shop Headquarters.jpg supermarket chain in Quincy Center|alt=A brown 10-story office building, headquarters building of Stop & Shop supermarket chain in Quincy Center]]

During its history, Quincy has been known as a manufacturing and heavy industry center, with granite quarrying dominating employment in the 19th century and shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard and Squantum Victory Yard rising to prominence in the 20th century. The recent decades have seen a shift in focus to several large employers in the professional and service sector of the economy.{{cite journal|last=Jabaily|first=Robert|date=Fall 2007|title=Coping with Economic Change: Quincy, Massachusetts|journal=The Ledger|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of Boston|location=Boston|url=http://www.bos.frb.org/education/ledger/ledger07/fall/coping.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928012941/http://www.bos.frb.org/education/ledger/ledger07/fall/coping.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=live|access-date=2009-11-14}} Quincy is the location of the corporate headquarters of several firms, including Boston Financial Data Services,"[http://www.bostonfinancial.com/about-boston-financial/contact-us.asp Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730220623/http://www.bostonfinancial.com/about-boston-financial/contact-us.asp |date=2016-07-30 }}." Boston Financial Data Services. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. the Stop & Shop supermarket chain,Reidy, Chris. "[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-122065752/quincy-mass-based-grocery.html Quincy, Massachusetts-Based Grocery Chain to Take Over 75 New York, New Jersey Stores.]" The Boston Globe. May 24, 2000. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. Arbella Insurance Group"[http://www.quincy2000.org/major-employers.html Major Employers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515092433/http://www.quincy2000.org/major-employers.html |date=May 15, 2008 }}." Quincy 2000 Collaborative. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. and The Patriot Ledger, the publisher of the South Shore's largest regional newspaper."[http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x249521825 Here's who we are and how you can reach us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703115924/http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/x249521825 |date=2013-07-03 }}." The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved on October 23, 2009.

Other major employers with offices in Quincy are State Street Corporation,"[http://www.statestreet.com/company/company_information/locations/us_ma.html Office Locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201154453/http://www.statestreet.com/company/company_information/locations/us_ma.html |date=February 1, 2015 }}." State Street Corporation. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts,Archambeault, Bill. "[http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/10/20/story4.html Blue Cross to merge offices, build in Quincy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905013637/http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/10/20/story4.html |date=September 5, 2008 }}." Boston Business Journal. Friday October 17, 2003. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston Scientific. TACV, national flag carrier airline of Cape Verde, has its United States corporate office in Quincy."[http://www.flytacv.com/spip.php?page=contact&id_article=68#sommaire_1 Contact] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009231137/http://www.flytacv.com/spip.php?page=contact&id_article=68#sommaire_1 |date=2009-10-09 }}." TACV Cabo Verde. Retrieved on October 23, 2009. Icelandair has its North American headquarters in the city as well."[http://www.icelandair.com/contact-us/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621015936/http://www.icelandair.com/contact-us/|date=June 21, 2016}}." Retrieved on June 28th, 2016.

{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}

Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150117113227/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-17|title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2015-01-12}}{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150105011252/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-05|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2015-01-12}}{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210258/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-12|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2015-01-12}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|- valign=bottom

! Rank

! ZIP Code (ZCTA)

! Per capita
income

! Median
household
income

! Median
family
income

! Population

! Number of
households

|-

|

| Norfolk County

| $44,692

| $84,916

| $108,943

| 677,296

| 257,451

|-

| 1

| 02171

| $36,933

| $64,812

| $81,455

| 17,735

| 7,551

|-

|

| Massachusetts

| $35,763

| $66,866

| $84,900

| 6,605,058

| 2,530,147

|-

|

| Quincy

| $33,131

| $61,328

| $74,544

| 92,595

| 39,778

|-

| 2

| 02169

| $32,613

| $58,669

| $73,743

| 55,064

| 24,466

|-

| 3

| 02170

| $31,165

| $66,917

| $73,971

| 19,796

| 7,761

|-

|

| United States

| $28,155

| $53,046

| $64,719

| 311,536,594

| 115,610,216

|-

|}

File:Quincy Town Hall 2019.jpg in 2019]]

File:Quincy City Hall 2019.jpg

Quincy has a strong mayor government. The incumbent mayor, Thomas P. Koch, has served since 2008; he is the 33rd mayor of the city. Mayors in the city were elected to two-year terms. In 2013, the city's voters opted to extend the mayoral term to four years, beginning after the 2015 election.{{cite news|last1=Ronan|first1=Patrick|title=Quincy voters double length of mayor's term|url=http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20131106/News/311069396|access-date=December 31, 2014|date=November 6, 2013|work=The Patriot Ledger|archive-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231080521/http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20131106/News/311069396|url-status=live}}

In addition to the mayor, the city has a nine-member city council, with Ian Cain serving as president as of 2025.{{Cite news|last=Dumcius|first=Gintautas|date=December 6, 2023|url=https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/hell-make-a-mark-as-quincys-black-gay-city-council-president-but-dont-ask-him-about-it/|title=He'll make a mark as Quincy's Black, gay city council president – but don't ask him about it|website=CommonWealth Beacon|access-date=2024-06-18}} One councilor is elected to represent each of the city's six wards, and three are elected at large. Councilors serve two-year terms. The city also has a school committee with seven members—the mayor and six members elected to staggered four-year terms.{{Cite web|url=http://www.quincyma.gov/Government/CITYCOUNCIL/Councilor.cfm|title=City of Quincy - City Councilor Information|website=www.quincyma.gov|access-date=2016-03-04|archive-date=January 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126011021/http://www.quincyma.gov/Government/CITYCOUNCIL/Councilor.cfm|url-status=dead}}

In the fall of 2024, responding to public pressure, Mayor Thomas Koch and nine members of the Quincy City Council announced they would defer sizable raises passed in June until after the 2028 election cycle.{{Cite web |last=Blandino |first=Peter |title=Koch, Quincy city councilors say they won't take big raises approved last spring – yet |url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2024/10/11/koch-quincy-ma-mayor-council-pay-increase-salaries/75631252007/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=The Patriot Ledger |language=en-US}}

The Quincy Police Department was formed in 1888, currently headquartered at the original Quincy Police Station which was built in 1925 as the city's first purpose-built police station and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. In 2010, the city of Quincy was the first in the US to have its police department carry the nasal spray Narcan (Nalaxone) to combat the overdose outbreak associated with the opioid epidemic in the US.{{cite journal |last1=Humphreys |first1=Keith |title=An overdose antidote goes mainstream |journal=Health Affairs |date=October 2015 |volume=34 |issue=10 |pages=1624–1627 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0934 |publisher=Project Hope |location=Bethesda MD|pmid=26438736 |doi-access= }} When the program first began, the city's officers were reviving an overdose victim every four to five days. By 2014, police officers had administered the opioid antagonist over 300 times. Other cities and police departments throughout the US developed their own Narcan-dispensing programs based on the model pioneered by the Quincy PD.{{cite news |last1=Ronan |first1=Patrick |title=Quincy police successfully use Narcan for 300th time |url=https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20141008/NEWS/141006435 |work=The Patriot-Ledger |publisher=Gannett |date=8 October 2014 |location=Quincy MA |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703022521/https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20141008/News/141006435 |url-status=live }} In 2017, overdose deaths in the city and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had declined, it was thought, due to the use of naloxone by the police and others. The state legislature, in 2018, required all pharmacies to keep Narcan in stock and available to anyone, without a prescription.{{cite news |last1=DiFazio |first1=Joe |last2=Simpson |first2=Neal |title=As opioids ravage the nation, Massachusetts cautiously turns a corner |url=https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20190112/as-opioids-ravage-nation-massachusetts-cautiously-turns-corner |work=The Patriot-Ledger |publisher=Gannett |date=16 January 2019 |location=Quincy MA |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806155251/https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20190112/as-opioids-ravage-nation-massachusetts-cautiously-turns-corner |url-status=live }}

Fire emergencies are handled by the Quincy Fire Department, which was founded in 1889 and includes the Central Fire Station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and is still active as of 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.quincyma.gov/departments/fire/fire_stations.php|title=Quincy Fire Stations|access-date=2023-07-11}} The city's Emergency Medical Services are privately contracted, with ambulance response being handled by Brewster Ambulance Service since 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/politics/county/2015/06/09/quincy-picks-brewster-over-fallon/34314171007/|title=Quincy picks Brewster over Fallon for ambulance contract|access-date=2023-07-11}}

Quincy is represented in the Massachusetts State Senate by Democrat John F. Keenan (Norfolk and Plymouth district). Three members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives represent Quincy: Bruce Ayers (1st Norfolk district), Tackey Chan (2nd Norfolk district), and Ronald Mariano (3rd Norfolk district).{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date=August 23, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520200244/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |url-status=live }} Each representative is a Democrat, and Mariano is the speaker of the House.

{| class=wikitable

! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 26, 2024 – Quincy{{cite web |title=Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 26, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Elections Division |access-date=November 24, 2024 |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/enrollment_count_20241105.pdf}}

|-

! colspan = 2 | Party

! Number of voters

! Percentage

|-

| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}

| Democratic

| style="text-align:center;"| 18,874

| style="text-align:center;"| 28.10%

|-

| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}

| Republican

| style="text-align:center;"| 4,448

| style="text-align:center;"| 6.62%

|-

| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Unenrolled

| style="text-align:center;"| 43,149

| style="text-align:center;"| 64.24%

|-

| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}

| Political Designations

| style="text-align:center;"| 202

| style="text-align:center;"| 0.30%

|-

! colspan = 2 | Total

! style="text-align:center;"| 67,168

! style="text-align:center;"| 100%

|}

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Quincy is home to various educational institutions, public and private, including a Montessori school, a Catholic academy, and one independent college-preparatory school. Eastern Nazarene College, a private liberal arts and sciences college that is currently in the process of closing after the 24-25 school year,{{Cite web |last=Blandino |first=Peter |title=After more than 100 years in Quincy, Eastern Nazarene College plans to close |url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2024/06/26/eastern-nazarene-college-in-quincy-closing-christian-education-liberal-arts/74215270007/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=The Patriot Ledger |language=en-US}} and Quincy College, a public community college, two public high schools, five public middle schools, and 12 public elementary schools. In the 19th century, the city became an innovator in progressive public education with the Quincy Method, developed by Francis W. Parker while he served as Quincy's superintendent of schools. Four years after its implementation, a state survey found that Quincy students excelled at reading, writing, and spelling, and ranked fourth in their county in math.

The city is home to Eastern Nazarene College, a former college of the liberal arts and sciences located in Wollaston Park. The college relocated to the area in 1919 from its original location in Saratoga Springs, New York, where it was established as a "holiness college" in 1900. In June 2024, The Board of Trustees of Eastern Nazarene College announced that the institution was preparing a plan to take steps toward closure, with the goal of closing the College at the end of the 2024-2025 school year.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Website |date=2024-06-25 |title=Board Announces Developing a Plan for Closure |url=https://enc.edu/news/board-announces-developing-plan-for-closure/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Eastern Nazarene College |language=en-US}} The future of its campus is uncertain as of November 2024.

Quincy College, a community college in Quincy Center, operates under the auspices of the City of Quincy. The college is unusual in this respect, as it is the only one of Massachusetts' 16 community colleges to be run by a city rather than by the state.{{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/23/menino_targeting_community_colleges/ | work=The Boston Globe | first=Matt | last=Viser | title=Menino targeting community colleges | date=2006-12-23 | access-date=December 25, 2010 | archive-date=May 22, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522165223/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/23/menino_targeting_community_colleges/ | url-status=live }} It is one of only two colleges in the United States organized this way.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED426752 |title=Donald B. Gratz, "The road not taken: The evolution of a municipal junior college" (January 1, 1998). Boston College Dissertations and Theses. Paper AAI9828009. |access-date=December 26, 2010 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201616/https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED426752 |url-status=live }}

Public education at the primary and secondary levels is managed by Quincy Public Schools, a system that includes one early childhood center, eleven elementary schools, five middle schools and two high schools.{{cite web |publisher= Quincy Public Schools |title= Our Schools |url= http://www.quincypublicschools.com/schools/schools_mainpage.shtml |access-date= 25 December 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723192609/http://www.quincypublicschools.com/schools/schools_mainpage.shtml |archive-date= 23 July 2011 |url-status= dead }}

;Public high schools

• North Quincy High School
• Quincy High School

;Public middle schools

• Atlantic
• Broad Meadows
• Central
• Point Webster
• South-West (formerly Reay E. Sterling)

;Public elementary schools

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• Beechwood Knoll
• Charles A. Bernazzani
• Clifford Marshall

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• Merrymount
• Montclair
• Francis W. Parker

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• Snug Harbor Community
• Squantum
• Wollaston
• Dr. Richard DeCristofaro Learning Center

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Private and alternative education institutions for children in preschool through 8th grade include Quincy's three Catholic parochial schools — Sacred Heart, St. Ann, and St. Mary.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shsquincy.org/index.htm |title=Sacred Heart School website |access-date=2008-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429065518/http://www.shsquincy.org/index.htm |archive-date=2011-04-29 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.stannwollaston.com/ |title=St. Ann School website |access-date=2008-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231041836/http://www.stannwollaston.com/ |archive-date=2014-12-31 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.stmaryschoolquincy.com/ |title=St Mary School website |access-date=2008-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718083113/http://stmaryschoolquincy.com/ |archive-date=2019-07-18 |url-status=dead }} The Archdiocese of Boston decided to merge these three schools to form the Quincy Catholic Academy, which opened in 2010 on the site of the former Sacred Heart school.{{cite news|title=Three Parochial Elementary Schools To Merge To Form Quincy Catholic Academy|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=The Quincy Sun}}

The Woodward School for Girls, opened in 1894, is an independent school offering a college-preparatory education to girls in grades 6–12.{{Cite web |url=http://thewoodwardschool.org/ |title=Woodward School website |access-date=July 23, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714054545/http://www.thewoodwardschool.org/ |url-status=live }}

The Adams Montessori School is open to children of preschool through elementary school age.{{Cite web |url=http://www.adamsmontessori.org/ |title=Adams Montessori School website |access-date=May 31, 2011 |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622170704/http://adamsmontessori.org/ |url-status=live }}

The Thomas Crane Public Library serves as the flagship library of the City's library network, which is part of the regional Old Colony Library Network.

Several Chinese community organizations in Quincy have offered after-school and weekend instruction in Mandarin and Cantonese to local youth over the years. The Quincy Chinese Language School and The Chung Yee School are no longer in operation. In 2016, The South Shore Chinese Language School began offering popular weekend classes in Mandarin and Cantonese to children ages 5 and up at the Quincy YMCA.{{Cite web |title=South Shore Chinese School - Who We Are |url=https://www.sschineseschool.org/about-us/who-we-are |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.sschineseschool.org |language=en-US}}

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As part of Metro Boston, Quincy has easy access to transportation facilities. State highways and the Interstate system connect the Greater Boston area to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston. Due to its proximity to Boston proper, Quincy is connected not only by these modes of transportation but also to the regional subway system, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), known locally as "The T". The four subway or "T" stops in Quincy, which are on the MBTA's Red Line, are North Quincy Station, Wollaston Station, Quincy Center Station, and Quincy Adams Station.

Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 1 travel south to north concurrently through Quincy beginning in the southwest, where the Quincy–Randolph border bisects the median between the northern and southern halves of the Exit 5 cloverleaf at Massachusetts Route 28. Following a route around the southern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation, this I-93 and US 1 alignment is along the former southern section of Route 128. The highway travels along a wooded wetland region of the Reservation, entering Quincy completely just beyond Exit 5 and then crossing into Braintree as it approaches the Braintree Split, the junction with Massachusetts Route 3. Weekday traffic volume averages 250,000 to 275,000 vehicles per day at this intersection, the gateway from Boston and its inner core to the South Shore and Cape Cod.[http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/1_reports/1_studies/2_highway/braintree_split/braintree_split_p1.pdf "I-93/Southeast Expressway/Route 3 (Braintree Split): Operational Assessment and Potential Improvements"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919034303/http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/1_reports/1_studies/2_highway/braintree_split/braintree_split_p1.pdf |date=2010-09-19 }} Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, March 2006, p. 3.

As Route 3 joins I-93 and US 1 at the Braintree Split, the three travel north together toward Boston around the eastern extent of the Blue Hills Reservation, entering West Quincy as the Southeast Expressway. The expressway provides access to West Quincy at Exit 8—Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9—Bryant Avenue/Adams Street before entering Milton. The Furnace Brook Parkway exit also provides access to Ricciuti Drive and the Quincy Quarries Reservation as well as the eastern entrance to the Blue Hills Reservation Parkways.

Principal numbered state highways traveling within Quincy include: Route 3A south to north from Weymouth via Washington Street, Southern Artery, Merrymount Parkway and Hancock Street to the Neponset River Bridge and the Dorchester section of Boston; Route 28, which travels south to north from Randolph to Milton along Randolph Avenue in Quincy through a remote section of the Blue Hills Reservation; and Route 53, which enters traveling south to north from Braintree as Quincy Avenue, turning right to form the beginning of Southern Artery in Quincy Point before ending at the intersection with Washington Street/Route 3A.

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In addition to the Blue Hills parkways, Quincy includes two other Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation parkways. Furnace Brook Parkway travels east from I-93 through the center of the city from West Quincy to Quincy Center and Merrymount at Quincy Bay. There the parkway meets Quincy Shore Drive at the mouth of Blacks Creek. Quincy Shore Drive travels in a northerly direction along the shore of Quincy Bay through Wollaston and into North Quincy, with much of its length abutting Wollaston Beach, then turns in a westerly direction upon intersecting with East Squantum Street and continues to meet Hancock Street at the Neponset River Bridge.

As for Quincy's other important city streets, Hancock Street begins at the southern extent of Quincy Center as a continuation of Quincy Avenue and travels north to Dorchester as a main commercial thoroughfare of Quincy Center, Wollaston and North Quincy. Washington Street enters the city at Fore River Rotary after crossing Weymouth Fore River via the Fore River Bridge and continues to Quincy Center, ending at Hancock Street. Along with Quincy Avenue and Southern Artery, other heavily traveled streets include Newport Avenue, which parallels Hancock Street to the west on the opposite side of the MBTA railway, Adams Street heading west from Quincy Center to Milton, and West and East Squantum Streets in the Montclair and North Quincy neighborhoods. Other streets are discussed in several of the neighborhood articles listed above.

Boston's Logan International Airport is accessible via MBTA Red Line connections at South Station, directly on the MBTA commuter boat (see below) or by motor vehicle using Interstate 93 or surface roads to the Ted Williams Tunnel.

Subway service is available on the Red Line of the MBTA from four stations in Quincy: North Quincy, Wollaston, Quincy Center, and Quincy Adams. Commuter rail service operates out of Quincy Center. Both services serve South Station in Boston with connections to MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak intercity lines. Buses are also available for transportation in Quincy, including private bus lines and several lines provided by the MBTA. Most of the MBTA routes funnel through the Quincy Center station, which is the principal hub south of Boston for all MBTA bus lines. The southern bus garage for the MBTA system is adjacent to the Quincy Armory on Hancock Street.

Quincy was a major terminal for the commuter boat system that crosses Boston Harbor to Long Wharf, Hull, Rowe's Wharf, Hingham, and Logan Airport. The commuter boats, which were operated by Harbor Express under license by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, docked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Point.{{Cite web |url=http://www.harborexpress.com/ |title=Harbor Express website |access-date=2020-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980630011246/http://www.harborexpress.com/ |archive-date=1998-06-30 |url-status=dead }} Service ended in October 2013 after a water main break damaged the sea wall and wharf. Temporary repairs would have cost $15 million; permanent repairs $50 million. In 2014, the MBTA made the decision to permanently end the service and sell the land.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2014/03/12/mbta-cancels-quincy-ferry-service-and-plans-sell-terminal-and-wharf/UVzGSqEszLrItEdkKmqXBI/story.html|title=T says Quincy ferry service done - the Boston Globe|website=The Boston Globe|access-date=September 1, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130637/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2014/03/12/mbta-cancels-quincy-ferry-service-and-plans-sell-terminal-and-wharf/UVzGSqEszLrItEdkKmqXBI/story.html|url-status=live}}

Quincy has had brief flirtations with professional sports. The Quincy Chiefs of the minor league Eastern Basketball Association (the predecessor to the defunct Continental Basketball Association) played a single season in 1977–1978, and were coached and managed by former Boston Celtics executive Leo Papile. The Chiefs finished 12–19 in third place, and lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion Wilkes-Barre. Quincy's professional baseball team, the Shipbuilders, competed in the New England League in 1933, recording a 12–6 record before moving to Nashua midseason; a revival of the team played in the NEL from 1941 through to 1944. The final season of the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League was played at Veterans Memorial Stadium, in 1976, finishing 7–17.

The Real Boston Rams of the soccer 4th division Premier Development League, an affiliate club of the New England Revolution, played in Veterans Memorial Stadium from 2014 to 2015.

In 2019, the Boston Cannons, a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) moved their home stadium from Boston to Veterans Memorial Stadium. The team played two seasons there before the MLL–PLL merger.

The New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby moved to Veterans Memorial Stadium in 2021, relocating from Weymouth.

Quincy has had several football teams in the semi-pro Eastern Football League over the years. The current club, the Quincy Militia, played its inaugural season in the EFL in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/x387871853/Semi-pro-Quincy-football-team-is-not-playing-like-an-EFL-expansion-team|title=Semi-pro Quincy football team is not playing like an EFL expansion team|last=McHugh|first=Patrick|date=August 20, 2009|newspaper=The Patriot Ledger|access-date=28 November 2009|location=Quincy, Massachusetts|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315062518/http://www.patriotledger.com/sports/x387871853/Semi-pro-Quincy-football-team-is-not-playing-like-an-EFL-expansion-team|url-status=live}} Founded in 2009 by long-time Quincy resident Vaughn Driscoll, new owners came into the team picture in 2013. Militia games are played July to October with home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday nights. An earlier team, the Quincy Giants, played in the minor league Atlantic Coast Football League between 1969 and 1971.

Quincy's only college sports program is the "Lions" of Eastern Nazarene College, in the D-III Commonwealth Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Games are played at Bradley Field and the Lahue Physical Education Center on-campus, or at Adams Field and Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Quincy's high school sports programs are in the Patriot League:{{Cite web |url=http://nqrr.tripod.com/index.html |title=North Quincy High School Red Raiders webpage |access-date=June 17, 2009 |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512152321/http://nqrr.tripod.com/index.html |url-status=live }} the D-III Fisher Division "Raiders" of North Quincy High School and the DIIA Keenan Division "Presidents" of Quincy High School, who are rivals. Quincy also hosted the youth baseball Babe Ruth League World Series in 2003, 2005 and 2008. High school baseball and Babe Ruth League games are played at Adams Field. High school football is played at Veterans Memorial Stadium

{{See also|Category:People from Quincy, Massachusetts}}

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• Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, second President of the United States
• Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith, daughter of Abigail and John
• Brooks Adams, noted historian
• Charles Francis Adams Sr., diplomat, son of John Quincy Adams
• Charles Francis Adams Jr., Civil War general, president of Union Pacific Railroad (1884–1890)
• Charles Francis Adams III, 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy
• Charles Adams (1770–1800), lawyer, son of John Adams
• John Adams Sr., father of president John Adams, grandfather of president John Quincy Adams
• John Adams, second President of the United States, first Vice President, founding father of U.S.
• John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States
• John Quincy Adams II, lawyer and politician
• Louisa Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States
• Thomas Boylston Adams, Massachusetts Representative, justice
• Paul W. Airey, first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
• Carl Andre, minimalist artist
• Louis Bell, Grammy Award-nominated record producer and songwriter
• Henry Beston, writer and naturalist
• Clara Blandick (1876–1962), actress, "Auntie Em" in The Wizard of Oz
• Eva Maria Brown (1856-1917), social reformer
• William R. Caddy, Medal of Honor recipient
• Karen Cashman, 1994 Winter Olympics speed skating bronze medalist
• Priscilla Chan, philanthropist and spouse of Mark Zuckerberg
• John Cheever, novelist
• Ken Coleman, sportscaster, called Boston Red Sox games from 1966 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1989
• Dick Dale, surf guitarist{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vivVZObwWTYC&pg=PA92 |title=My First Guitar: Tales of True Love and Lost Chords from 70 Legendary Musicians |last=Crowe |first=Julia |pages=92–93|publisher=ECW Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-1770902756}}
• Bill Dana, comedian (famous as "José Jiménez")
• William Delahunt, U.S. congressman for 10th District
• Peter Del Vecho, Oscar-winning producer of Frozen{{cite news|title='Frozen' producer Peter Del Vecho has South Shore roots|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/02/06/frozen-producer-peter-del-vecho-has-south-shore-roots/QZvwWW2ZGmYZweKxPCaVYL/story.html|access-date=21 April 2014|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=6 February 2014|author=Mark Shanahan|author2=Meredith Goldstein|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215154032/http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/02/06/frozen-producer-peter-del-vecho-has-south-shore-roots/QZvwWW2ZGmYZweKxPCaVYL/story.html|url-status=live}}
• Dick Donovan, major league pitcher with the Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians
• Joe Dudek, Denver Broncos player, college football Hall of Famer and 1985 Heisman Trophy candidate
• Joseph Dunford, 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Billy De Wolfe, actor
• Illeana Douglas, actress
• Esther Grace Earl (1994–2010), Vlogger/ YouTuber/ Author/ Nerdfighter/ Activist in the Harry Potter Alliance
• Dick Flavin, poet laureate of Boston Red Sox
• Gwen Gillen, artist and sculptor{{cite news |title=Gwendolyn Gillen, 76, Wis. artist who cast Mary Tyler Moore sculpture |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/02/09/gwendolyn-gillen-wisc-artist-who-cast-moore-sculpture/fSg3nRQGmIQbNmCr01SW8H/story.html |work=Boston Globe |date=2017-02-10 |access-date=2017-02-27 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421041341/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/02/09/gwendolyn-gillen-wisc-artist-who-cast-moore-sculpture/fSg3nRQGmIQbNmCr01SW8H/story.html |url-status=live }}
• Ruth Gordon, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter
• John Hancock, patriot and president of Continental Congress
• Howard Deering Johnson, founder of Howard Johnson's chain
• John F. Keenan, State Senator from Norfolk and Plymouth district
• Pete Kendall, offensive lineman for NFL's Washington Redskins
• Helen Ketola, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Jake Kilrain, champion bare-knuckles boxer (1859–1937)
• Adolph "Jazz" Maffie, bookie, participant in Great Brink's Robbery
• James C. McConville, 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army and 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Sheri McCoy, CEO of Avon
• Ralph McLeod, Major League Baseball player (Boston Bees)
• Sam Mele, Major League Baseball player and manager; resided in Quincy while with Boston Red Sox{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hnw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2796,3211630&dq=jim+pagliaroni&hl=en |title=Sam Mele sold to Cincinnati |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113042623/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hnw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iskEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2796,3211630&dq=jim+pagliaroni&hl=en |url-status=live }}
• Mike Mitchell, actor, comedian, co-host of Doughboys podcast
• Mike Mottau, player for NHL's Boston Bruins
• Donald Murray, Boston Globe columnist
• Francis Wayland Parker, educator
• Everett P. Pope, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Mary Pratt, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Dave O'Brien, sportscaster for ESPN and NESN
• Dorothy Quincy Hancock Scott, socialite, wife of John Hancock
• Edmund Quincy (1628–1698), built Dorothy Quincy House (1685)
• Edmund Quincy (1681–1737), jurist
• Edmund Quincy (1703–1788), merchant
• John Quincy, colonel, General Court representative, and grandfather of Abigail Adams
• Josiah Quincy II, attorney, "the Patriot", newspaper propagandist
• Josiah Quincy III, president of Harvard University (1829–1845), U.S. Representative (1805–1813), Mayor of Boston (1823–1828)
• Josiah Quincy Jr., Mayor of Boston (1846–1848), built Josiah Quincy Mansion
• Josiah Quincy, General Court representative, assistant secretary of the Navy, mayor of Boston (1895–1899)
• Samuel Miller Quincy, lawyer, historian, Civil War soldier, 28th Mayor of New Orleans (May 5, 1865 – June 8, 1865)
• Lee Remick, Oscar-nominated actress
• William B. Rice, industrialist and local philanthropist
• Wilbert Robinson, Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager
• William Rosenberg, founder of Dunkin' Donuts
• Esther R. Sanger (1926–1995), social worker known as "Mother Teresa of South Shore"
• Richard A. Stratton, former United States Navy officer and prisoner of war
• Gordon R. Sullivan, retired United States Army general, who served as 32nd U.S. Army Chief of Staff
• Charles Sweeney, Air Force major general, pilot for Nagasaki nuclear attack
• Pete Varney, Major League Baseball catcher for (Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves)
• Lesley Visser, Boston Globe journalist and television sportscaster
• Katharine Augusta Ware (1797-1813), poet and literary magazine editor
• Solomon Willard, builder of the Bunker Hill Monument and creator of first commercial railway in America
• Walter Zink, professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants
• Robert Burns Woodward, Nobel prize chemist

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File:John Adams birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG|President John Adams' birthplace.

File:Old House, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG|"Peacefield", residence of four generations of the Adams family.

File:Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG|The Josiah Quincy House in Wollaston Park.

File:Graves of the Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.JPG|Tombs of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives, in a family crypt beneath the United First Parish Church in Quincy Center.

File:Thomas Crane Public Library Quincy MA.jpg|Thomas Crane Public Library

File:Quincy Quarries Reservation June 2009 3.jpg|Quincy Quarries Reservation in West Quincy.

File:Wollastonbeachtoboston.jpg|View of Marina Bay and Boston across Quincy Bay from Wollaston Beach.

File:USS Salem museum.jpg|{{USS|Salem|CA-139}}, site of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

File:Bellotti Courthouse Quincy 2019.jpg|Francis X. Bellotti Courthouse

File:St. John the Baptist Church Quincy interior 2019a.jpg|Interior of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

File:Kelley Armory.jpg|The Massachusetts National Guard's Kelley Armory in Wollaston

• Quincy Mansion
• Quincy Mosque
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Quincy, Massachusetts
• USS Quincy, 3 ships

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• Browne, Patricia Harrigan, Quincy – A Past Carved in Stone, Images of America Series, Arcadia Publishing, July 1996, {{ISBN|0-7524-0299-4}}
• Pattee, William S., A History of Old Braintree and Quincy: With a Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook, Green & Prescott, 1879, {{ISBN|978-1-4367-3321-2}} (at [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_N3gdM3L6dIMC/page/n234 Internet Archive])

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• [http://www.quincyma.gov/ Official Webpage]
• [http://www.discoverquincy.com/ Discover Quincy] – Quincy tourism information

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