Quincy (Ill.)
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- home page (Quincy, Illinois; City of Quincy, 730 Maine Street, Quincy, IL 62301 ( (Quincy, Illinois website, July 25, 2019:) )
- Wikipedia, July 25, 2019(Quincy, Illinois; Quincy, known as Illinois's "Gem City," is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Illinois; 39°55ʹ56ʺN 91°23ʹ19ʺW)
- GNIS, Nov. 10, 2009(Quincy--PPL, 39°56ʹ08ʺN 91°24ʹ36ʺW, variants: Bluffs; Gem City; Adams County; PPL Bluffs also listed in Scott County)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 39°56ʹ08ʺN 091°24ʹ36ʺW)
Wikipedia description:
Quincy ( KWIN-see) 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 census, down from 40,633 in 2010. The Quincy micropolitan area had 114,649 residents. Known as Illinois's "Gem City", Quincy was a thriving transportation center as riverboats and rail service linked the city to many destinations west and along the river during the 19th century. It was Illinois' second-largest city, surpassing Peoria in 1870. The city has several historic districts, including the Downtown Quincy Historic District and the South Side German Historic District, which display the architecture of Quincy's many German immigrants from the late 19th century.
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