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Place Name
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Quincy
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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84,985 (1990)
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Location
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Norfolk County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°16'N
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Longitude
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71°01'W
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Quincy
, city (1990 pop. 84,985), Norfolk co., E
Mass., a suburb of Boston, on Boston Bay; 42°16'N 71°01'W. It has
plants that make power transmissions, machinery, soaps, textile prods.,
detergents, chemicals, and printing and publishing. The Plymouth Colony
broke up (1627) a trading post est. 1625 in the area by Thomas Morton,
but a new settlement began in 1634. Ironworks began operation in 1644,
and Quincy's famed granite started to be quarried in 1750. The 1st RR
tracks in the U.S. were laid in Quincy in 1826. The city's large
shipyard Fore R. was of great importance in both world wars. Presidents
John Adams and John Quincy Adams were born in Quincy. They and their
wives are buried in the First Parish Church (built 1828), and their
homes and places of birth are natl. historic sites. John Hancock was
also b. here. E. Nazarene Col. and a junior col. are in the city. Hq.
of Natl. Fire Protection Inst. Includes villages of Merrymount,
Squantum, Wollaston. Settled 1634, set off from Braintree
1792, inc. as a city 1888.
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