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Quincy (pronounced ) is a city in Norfolk County
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 650,308. Its county seat is Dedham, Massachusetts....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Its nicknames are "The City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Its name, which comes from that of Colonel John Quincy (maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States and the second First Lady of the United States although the terms were not coined until after her death....
 after whom John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
 was also named), is correctly pronounced , though non-locals often mispronounce it as .






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Quincy (pronounced ) is a city in Norfolk County
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Norfolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of 2000, the population was 650,308. Its county seat is Dedham, Massachusetts....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Its nicknames are "The City of Presidents", "City of Legends", and "Birthplace of the American Dream". As a major part of Metropolitan Boston, Quincy is a member of Boston's Inner Core Committee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Its name, which comes from that of Colonel John Quincy (maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States and the second First Lady of the United States although the terms were not coined until after her death....
 after whom John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
 was also named), is correctly pronounced , though non-locals often mispronounce it as . Quincy is the birthplace of former Presidents John Adams
John Adams

John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
 and John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
, as well as statesman John Hancock
John Hancock

John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as President of the Continental Congress of the Second Continental Congress and was the first Governor of Massachusetts of the Massachusetts....
. The population was 88,025 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
.

History

The Wollaston neighborhood is the oldest part of Quincy, first settled by English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 immigrants in 1625 as Mount Wollaston and renamed Merrymount. Quincy itself later became part of Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts

The Town of Braintree is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 33,828 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Metro Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line but is considered by some to be part of the South Shore as a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission's South Shore Coali...
, was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1792, and was made a city in 1888.

Among the city's several firsts was the Granite Railway
Granite Railway

The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to convey granite from Quincy, Massachusetts to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton, Massachusetts....
, the first commercial railroad in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It was constructed in 1826 to carry granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
 from a Quincy quarry
Quincy Quarries Reservation

The Quincy Quarries, in Quincy, Massachusetts, were the site of the first railroad in the United States and produced granite for over a century. The Quarry are now open to the public as a recreation area....
 to the Neponset River
Neponset River

The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The headwaters of the Neponset are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough , Massachusetts, near the Gillette Stadium....
 in Milton
Milton, Massachusetts

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,062 at the 2000 census....
 so that the stone could then be taken by boat to erect the Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Hill Monument

The Bunker Hill Monument was built to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill. The 221 foot granite obelisk was erected between 1827 and 1843 in Charlestown, Massachusetts with granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, conveyed to the site via the first commercial railway in the United States, built specially for that purpose, followed by a trip by...
 in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts located on a peninsula north of Boston proper. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874....
. Quincy granite became famous throughout the nation, and stonecutting
Stonemasonry

The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of civilization - creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using Rock from the earth....
 became the city's principal economic activity. Quincy was also home to the first iron furnace in the United States, the John Winthrop, Jr. (or Braintree) Iron Furnace, from 1644 to 1653.

Quincy was additionally important as a shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, originally called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history....
 center. Sailing ships were built in Quincy for many years, including the only seven-masted schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
 ever built, Thomas W. Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson (ship)

The Thomas W. Lawson was a seven-masted, steel-hulled schooner originally planned for the Pacific trade, but then used primarily to haul coal and oil along the East Coast of the United States....
. The Fore River
Weymouth Fore River

Weymouth Fore River is a small bay or estuary in Eastern Massachusetts and is part of the Massachusetts Bay drainage basin.The headwater of Weymouth Fore River is formed by the confluence of the Monatiquot River and Smelt Brook in the Weymouth Landing area of Braintree, Massachusetts....
 area became a shipbuilding center in the 1880s—originally owned by Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson

Thomas Augustus Watson was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. He is best known because his name was the first word spoken over the telephone....
 of telephone fame—and many famous warships were built at the Fore River Shipyard
Fore River Shipyard

The Fore River Shipyard, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from 1883 until 1986....
, including the aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a navy force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations....
 USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2)

USS Lexington , nicknamed the "Gray Lady" or "Lady Lex", was an early aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was the name ship of the , though her sister ship was commissioned a month earlier....
; the battleship
Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armour warship with a main artillery battery consisting of the largest calibre of guns. Battleships were larger, better armed, and better armored than cruisers and destroyers....
s USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

USS Massachusetts , known as "Big Mamie" to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the South Dakota class battleship . She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of Massachusetts....
, now preserved as a museum ship
Museum ship

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes....
 at Battleship Cove
Battleship Cove

Battleship Cove, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial that traces its origins to the wartime crew of the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts ....
 in Massachusetts, and USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB-36)

USS Nevada , the second United States Navy ship to be named after the Nevada, was the lead ship of the two Nevada class battleships; her sister ship was ....
; and the USS Salem (CA-139)
USS Salem (CA-139)

The third USS Salem is a Des Moines class cruiser heavy cruiser, formerly commissioned in the United States Navy. The world's last all-gun heavy cruiser to enter commission, she is currently open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts....
, 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
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum

The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is a private non-profit museum in Quincy, Massachusetts featuring USS Salem , a heavy cruiser docked at the former Fore River Shipyard where she was laid down in 1945....
. John J. Kilroy, the originator of the famous Kilroy Was Here
Kilroy was here

Kilroy was here is an United States popular culture expression, often seen in graffiti. Its origins are open to speculation, but recognition of it and the distinctive doodle of "Kilroy" peeking over a wall is known almost everywhere among U.S....
 graffiti, was a welding
Welding

Welding is a fabrication or sculpture process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence . This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes used in conjunction with heat, or by itself,...
 inspector at Fore River.

Quincy was also an aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
 pioneer. Dennison Field in the Squantum section of town was one of the world's first airports and was partially developed by Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart ; was a noted United States aviation pioneer, and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross , awarded for becoming the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean....
. In 1910, it was the site of the Harvard Aero Meet, the second air show in America. It was later leased to the Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 for an airfield, and served as a reserve Squantum Naval Air Station into the 1950s.

In the 1870s, the city gave its name to the Quincy Method
Quincy Method

The Quincy Method, also known as the Quincy Plan, or the Quincy system of learning, was a child-centred, Progressive education approach to education developed by Francis W....
, an influential approach to education developed by Francis W. Parker
Francis Wayland Parker

Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive education in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual ? mental, physical, and moral....
 while he served as Quincy's superintendent of schools
Superintendent (education)

In education, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
. 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.

Of some note, Howard Johnson's
Howard Johnson's

Howard Johnson's is a restaurant chain of restaurants and hotels, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. The name is derived from the founder of the original company, Howard Deering Johnson, who started the initial chain of restaurants and motels....
 and Dunkin Donuts were founded and started in Quincy, and the celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys

Dropkick Murphys are an United States Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. First playing together in the basement of a friend's barbershop, they blended traditional Music of Ireland, folk rock, and hardcore punk....
 got its start in Wollaston. The Quincy Mine
Quincy Mine

The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper Mining located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s....
 in Hancock, Michigan
Hancock, Michigan

Hancock is a city in Houghton County, Michigan. It is the northernmost city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, or, depending on terminology, Copper Island....
, founded in 1846, was named after Quincy because the mine started with significant investment from Massachusetts.

Geography

Quincy shares borders with Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 to the north (separated by the Neponset River
Neponset River

The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The headwaters of the Neponset are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough , Massachusetts, near the Gillette Stadium....
), Milton
Milton, Massachusetts

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 26,062 at the 2000 census....
 to the west, Randolph
Randolph, Massachusetts

Randolph is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 30,963. The ZIP code of Randolph is 02368....
 and Braintree
Braintree, Massachusetts

The Town of Braintree is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 33,828 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Metro Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line but is considered by some to be part of the South Shore as a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission's South Shore Coali...
 to the south, and Hull
Hull, Massachusetts

Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,050 at the 2000 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the fourth smallest in the state....
 (maritime border) and Weymouth
Weymouth, Massachusetts

Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, Weymouth had a total population of 53,988....
, to the east.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of , of which are land and are water. The total area is 37.60% water.

Although Quincy is primarily urban, or fully 23 percent of its land area lies within the uninhabited Blue Hills Reservation
Blue Hills Reservation

Blue Hills Reservation is a state park located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation , its territory extends into the communities of Milton, Massachusetts, Quincy, Massachusetts, Braintree, Massachusetts, Canton, Massachusetts, Randolph, Massachusetts, and Dedham, Massachusetts in the south...
, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts)

The Department of Conservation and Recreation is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission and the Department of Environmental Management ....
. This undeveloped natural area encompasses the southwestern portion of Quincy and includes the city's highest point, Chickatawbut Hill.

There are several beaches in Quincy, including Wollaston Beach
Wollaston Beach

Wollaston Beach is a public beach located along Quincy Shore Drive in the Wollaston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. It is located on Quincy Bay, part of Boston Harbor....
 along Quincy Shore Drive. Located on Quincy Bay, Wollaston Beach is the largest beach in Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor is a natural harbor located adjacent ot the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeast....
.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 88,025 people, 38,883 households, and 20,530 families residing in the city, making it the ninth largest city in the state. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 5,244.3 people per square mile (2,025.4/kmē). There were 40,093 housing units at an average density of 2,388.7/sq mi (922.5/kmē). The racial makeup of the city was 79.60% White, 2.21% African American, 0.16% Native American, 15.39% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population. 33.5% were of Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, 12.7% Italian and 5.0% English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 ancestry according to Census 2000. 77.1% spoke English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, 8.0% Chinese
Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
 or Mandarin
Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
, 2.6% Cantonese
Standard Cantonese

Standard Cantonese, or Guangzhou dialect, is the prestige dialect of Cantonese language. It is used in Hong Kong and Macau as the spoken language of government and instruction in the schools....
, 1.9% Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
, 1.5% Vietnamese
Vietnamese language

Vietnamese , formerly known under French colonization as Annamese , is the national language and official language language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of the Vietnamese people , who constitute 86% of Demographics of Vietnam, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese, most of whom live in the United States....
 and 1.3% Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 as their first language.

There were 38,883 out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.7% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.2% were non-families. 37.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 17.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,121, and the median income for a family was $59,735. Males had a median income of $40,720 versus $34,238 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $26,001. About 5.2% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Neighborhoods

Quincy is divided into numerous neighborhoods with histories all their own.

  • Adams Shore
  • Germantown
    Germantown, Quincy, Massachusetts

    Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River Bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east....
  • Hough's Neck
    Hough's Neck

    Hough's Neck is a one-square-mile peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is surrounded by Quincy Bay, Hingham Bay, and Rock Island Cove. It is named for Atherton Hough, who was granted the land in 1636 as a farm and orchard....
  • Marina Bay
  • Merrymount
  • Montclair
    Montclair, Massachusetts

    Montclair is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts.The neighborhood roughly follows West Squantum Street from Newport Avenue to the Milton, Massachusetts town line, and extends approximately to Hobart Street....
  • North Quincy
    North Quincy, Massachusetts

    North Quincy is the northernmost neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, and is separated from the City of Boston by the Neponset River....
  • Quincy Center
  • Quincy Point
    Quincy Point

    Quincy Point is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. "The Point" is generally defined as the land east of Quincy Center, the downtown district....
  • South Quincy
  • Squantum
  • West Quincy
  • Wollaston


Education

Quincy is home to various educational institutions, including both a public and a private college.

Public

Public education in Quincy includes one community college
Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries....
, two high schools, five middle school
Middle school

Middle school or junior high school serves as a "bridge" between elementary school and high school. The terms can be used in different ways in different countries, sometimes interchangeably....
s, and 12 elementary school
Elementary school

An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in many countries, especially in North America....
s. Primary and secondary education is managed by Quincy Public Schools
Quincy Public Schools

Quincy Public Schools is a school district that manages schools in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The superintendent is Richard DeCristofaro....
.

Higher education
  • Quincy College
    Quincy College

    Quincy College is a Community colleges in the United States located in downtown Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.Quincy College operates under the auspices of the City of Quincy....
    , a two-year community college and the only post-secondary institution owned and operated by a municipality
    Municipality

    A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
     in Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
    .


High schools
  • North Quincy High School
    North Quincy High School

    North Quincy High School is a Public school secondary school located in the North Quincy neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
  • Quincy High School


Middle schools
  • Atlantic
  • Broad Meadows
  • Central
  • Point Webster
  • Sterling


Elementary schools
  • Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center
  • Atherton Hough
  • Beechwood Knoll
  • Bernazzani
  • Clifford Marshall
  • Lincoln-Hancock
  • Merrymount
  • Montclair
  • Parker
  • Snug Harbor
  • Squantum
  • Wollaston


Private


Higher education
  • Eastern Nazarene College
    Eastern Nazarene College

    Eastern Nazarene College is a Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Named Eastern Nazarene College in 1918, the college was founded in 1900 as the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, in Saratoga Springs, New York, New York....
    , a liberal arts college
    Liberal arts college

    Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclop?dia Britannica Concise defines "liberal arts" as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational educati...
     in Wollaston.


Primary and secondary schools
  • Montessori School of Quincy, a Montessori school for children of preschool through elementary school age
  • Woodward School for Girls
    Woodward School for Girls

    The Woodward School for Girls is a private school, secular day school for girls in grades six through twelve. It is located in Quincy, Massachusetts, near Quincy Center , and is the only private high school in the city....
    , a non-sectarian, college preparatory day school for girls, grades 6-12


Catholic schools
Quincy's three Catholic school
Catholic school

Catholic schools are education ministries of the Roman Catholic Church. Presently, the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system....
s each offer pre-kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten

Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States....
 through eighth grade education.
  • Sacred Heart School
  • St. Ann School
  • St. Mary School


Transportation

Because Quincy is part of Metro Boston, it 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 Boston's subway
Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
 system, the T.

Rail

Subway service is available on the Red Line
Red Line (MBTA)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority running roughly north-south through Boston, Massachusetts into neighboring communities....
 of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, Rapid transit, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, area....
 (MBTA) from 4 separate T stations: North Quincy
North Quincy (MBTA station)

North Quincy is a station on the Red Line Rapid transit at East Squantum Street between Hancock Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts, and serves North Quincy High School, the State Street Bank complex, and the North Quincy, Massachusetts and Montclair, Massachusetts neighborhoods....
, Wollaston
Wollaston (MBTA station)

Wollaston is a station on the Red Line of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Rapid transit at the intersection of Beale Street and Newport Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts....
, Quincy Center
Quincy Center (MBTA station)

Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line Rapid transit at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street, serving the Quincy Center area of Quincy, Massachusetts....
, and Quincy Adams
Quincy Adams (MBTA station)

Quincy Adams Station, located at Burgin Parkway and Centre Street, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the next to last station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Red Line Braintree branch....
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Bus

Buses are also available for transportation in Quincy, including the following bus lines provided by the MBTA: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Most of the routes funnel through the Quincy Center T station
Quincy Center (MBTA station)

Quincy Center is a station on the Red Line Rapid transit at 1300 Hancock Street and Washington Street, serving the Quincy Center area of Quincy, Massachusetts....
, which is the principal hub south of Boston for all MBTA buslines; the southern bus garage for the MBTA system is adjacent to the Quincy Armory on Hancock Street.

Major highways

Principal highways are State Routes 3, 3A
Massachusetts Route 3A

Route 3A is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts, which parallels Route 3 and U.S. Route 3 from Plymouth, MA in southern Plymouth to Tyngsborough, Massachusetts at the New Hampshire state line....
, 28, 37
Massachusetts Route 37

Route 37 is a short south-north highway in eastern Massachusetts....
, and 53
Massachusetts Route 53

Route 53 is a south-north state highway in southeastern Massachusetts....
, in addition to Interstate 93
Interstate 93

Interstate 93 is an Interstate Highway in the New England section of the United States. Its southern terminus is in Canton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area, at Interstate 95 in Massachusetts ; its northern terminus is near St....
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Airport

Boston's Logan International Airport
Logan International Airport

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport in the East Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States , is one of the 20 busiest airports in the United States, with over 26 million passengers a year....
 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
Interstate 93

Interstate 93 is an Interstate Highway in the New England section of the United States. Its southern terminus is in Canton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the Boston metropolitan area, at Interstate 95 in Massachusetts ; its northern terminus is near St....
 or surface roads to the Ted Williams Tunnel
Ted Williams Tunnel

The Ted Williams Tunnel, also known as the Williams Tunnel, is the name of the third harbor tunnel under Boston Harbor, the Sumner Tunnel and Callahan Tunnels being the other two, that connects South Boston with Boston's Logan International Airport....
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Water/ferry

Quincy is a major terminal for the commuter boat
MBTA boat

The MBTA Boat system is a public boat service providing water transport in the Greater Boston area via Port of Boston. Both inner harbor and longer distance commuter ferries are operated....
 system that crosses Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor is a natural harbor located adjacent ot the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeast....
 to Long Wharf
Long Wharf

Long Wharf may refer to some locations in the United States:*Long Wharf , Massachusetts*Long Wharf , Connecticut*Oakland Long Wharf, California...
, Hull
Hull, Massachusetts

Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,050 at the 2000 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the fourth smallest in the state....
, Rowe's Wharf, Hingham
Hingham, Massachusetts

Hingham is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The population was 19,882 at the 2000 census....
, and Logan Airport. The commuter boats, operated by Harbor Express under license by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, Rapid transit, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, area....
, dock at the Fore River Shipyard
Fore River Shipyard

The Fore River Shipyard, more formally known as the Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company, was a shipyard in the United States from 1883 until 1986....
 in Quincy Point
Quincy Point

Quincy Point is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. "The Point" is generally defined as the land east of Quincy Center, the downtown district....
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Sports

Active sporting programs include the Red Raiders of North Quincy High School
North Quincy High School

North Quincy High School is a Public school secondary school located in the North Quincy neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
, the Presidents of Quincy High School
Quincy High School

This article is for the school in Massachusetts. For other schools with the same name see Quincy High School.Quincy High School is a Public School secondary school located on Coddington Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
, and the Crusaders of Eastern Nazarene College
Eastern Nazarene College

Eastern Nazarene College is a Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Named Eastern Nazarene College in 1918, the college was founded in 1900 as the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, in Saratoga Springs, New York, New York....
. Quincy hosted the youth baseball Babe Ruth League
Babe Ruth League

Babe Ruth League is a youth baseball program. The organization's headquarters are on Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States....
 World Series in 2003, 2005 and 2008. Both high school and Babe Ruth League games are played at Adams Field.

Quincy has had brief flirtations with professional sports. The Quincy Chiefs of the minor league Eastern Basketball Association (the predecessor to the current Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association is a professional men's basketball league in the United States. It is affiliated with USA Basketball, the sport's governing body in the United States....
) played a single season in 1977-78, and was coached and managed by current Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
 executive Leo Papile. The Chiefs finished 12-19 in third place, and lost in the playoffs to eventual league champion Wilkes-Barre.

The final season of the Boston Minutemen
Boston Minutemen

The Boston Minutemen were a soccer team based out of Boston that played in the North American Soccer League. They played from 1974 to 1976. Their home fields included Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Foxboro Stadium in Foxborough, and Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy....
 of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional football league with teams in the United States of America and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984....
 was played at Veterans Memorial Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium is the name of several different facilities:* A minor league baseball stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: see Veterans Memorial Stadium ...
 in Quincy, in 1976, finishing 7-17.

Quincy has also briefly had a professional baseball team. The Quincy Shipbuilders competed in the New England League
New England League

The New England League was a mid-level league in United States minor league baseball that played sporadically in five of the six New England states between 1886 and 1949....
 in 1933, recording a 12-6 record before moving to Nashua
Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, Nashua had a total population of 86,605, making it the second largest city in the state after Manchester, New Hampshire ....
 midseason.

Notable residents

  • Brooks Adams
    Brooks Adams

    Brooks Adams , was an United States of America historian and a political scientist. He graduated from Harvard University in 1870 and studied at Harvard Law School in 1870 and 1871....
     - noted historian
  • John Adams
    John Adams

    John Adams was an Politics of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , after being the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States for two terms....
     - Second President
    President

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     of the United States
    United States

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    . First Vice-President
  • Abigail Adams
    Abigail Adams

    Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States and the second First Lady of the United States although the terms were not coined until after her death....
     - Wife of John Adams, second President of the United States
    President of the United States

    The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
  • John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829....
     - Sixth President
    President

    President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership ....
     of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Charles Francis Adams III
    Charles Francis Adams III

    Charles Francis Adams III was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman.A scion of the Adams political family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis was born in Quincy, Massachusetts....
     - Secretary of the Navy under Hoover
    Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Clark Hoover was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . Besides his political career, Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author....
  • John Cheever
    John Cheever

    John Cheever was an United States novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Anton Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester County, New York suburbs, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born....
     - novelist
  • Dick Dale
    Dick Dale

    Dick Dale is a surf rock Electric Guitar, known as "The King Of The Surf Guitar". He experimented with reverberation and made use of custom made Fender Musical Instruments Corporation amplifiers, including the first ever 100 watt amp....
     - musician
  • William Delahunt
    Bill Delahunt

    William D. "Bill" Delahunt has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts District 10....
     - U.S. congressman for the 10th District
  • Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon

    Ruth Gordon Jones , better known as Ruth Gordon, was an United States actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the oversolicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby and the eccentric life-loving Maude in Harold and Maude....
     - actress
  • John Hancock
    John Hancock

    John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as President of the Continental Congress of the Second Continental Congress and was the first Governor of Massachusetts of the Massachusetts....
     - patriot and president of the Continental Congress
    Continental Congress

    The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution....
  • Howard Deering Johnson
    Howard Deering Johnson

    Howard Deering Johnson was an entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder of an United States chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's....
     - founder of the Howard Johnson's
    Howard Johnson's

    Howard Johnson's is a restaurant chain of restaurants and hotels, located primarily throughout the United States and Canada. The name is derived from the founder of the original company, Howard Deering Johnson, who started the initial chain of restaurants and motels....
     chain
  • Francis Wayland Parker
    Francis Wayland Parker

    Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive education in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual ? mental, physical, and moral....
     - Educator
  • Josiah Quincy
    Josiah Quincy

    Josiah Quincy is the name of:*Colonel Josiah Quincy I , Revolutionary War soldier*Josiah Quincy II , American lawyer*Josiah Quincy III , president of Harvard University , US representative , mayor of Boston ...
     - political leader in the American Revolution
    American Revolution

    The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
  • Everett P. Pope
    Everett P. Pope

    Major Everett Parker Pope was a United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry on Battle of Peleliu in September 1944 while leading his men in an assault on a strategic hill, and for holding it, with rocks and bare fists when ammunition ran low, against Japanese suicide attacks....
     - World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
     Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor

    The Medal of Honor is the highest Awards and decorations of the United States military awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action...
     recipient
  • Lee Remick
    Lee Remick

    Lee Ann Remick was an Academy Award- and Tony Award-nominated American film and television actress. Among her best-known films are Anatomy of a Murder , Days of Wine and Roses , and The Omen ....
     - actress
  • Wilbert Robinson
    Wilbert Robinson

    Wilbert Robinson , nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", was an United States catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945....
     - Baseball Hall of Fame player and manager
  • Charles Sweeney
    Charles Sweeney

    Major General Charles W. Sweeney was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and the Aviator who flew the "Fat Man" atomic bomb to Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 9 August 1945....
     - Air Force
    United States Air Force

    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
     major general and the pilot for the Nagasaki
    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear warfares near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of President of the United States Harry S....
     nuclear attack
  • Pete Kendall
    Pete Kendall

    Peter Marcus Kendall is an American football player in the National Football League who most recently played left guard for the Washington Redskins....
     - Offensive Lineman for the Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins

    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....


See also

  • The Abigail Adams Cairn
    Abigail Adams Cairn

    The Abigail Adams Cairn marks the spot where Abigail Adams and her young son, John Quincy Adams, watched the burning of Charlestown, Massachusetts on Saturday, June 17, 1775, during the Battle of Bunker Hill....
  • John Adams birthplace
    John Adams birthplace (Quincy, Massachusetts)

    The John Adams Birthplace, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the home in which United States President of the United States John Adams was born on October 30, 1735....
  • John Quincy Adams birthplace
    John Quincy Adams birthplace (Quincy, Massachusetts)

    The John Quincy Adams Birthplace, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the saltbox home in which United States President John Quincy Adams was born in 1767....
  • The Josiah Quincy House
    Josiah Quincy House

    The Josiah Quincy House , located at 20 Muirhead Street in the Mount Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, was the country home of Revolutionary War soldier Colonel Josiah Quincy I, the first in a line of six illustrious Josiah Quincys that included three Boston mayors and a president of Harvard University....
  • Peacefield
    Peacefield

    Peacefield, also called Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by second President of the United States, John Adams, and other members of the Adams family, located in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts near Boston, Massachusetts....
     (Old House)
  • The Quincy Plan
    Quincy Plan

    There have been two Quincy Plans*Quincy Plan , the 1875 educational initiative* Quincy Logging Plan, the 1990s logging plan...
  • Thomas Crane Public Library
    Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Massachusetts)

    The Thomas Crane Public Library is a public library in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is noted for its architecture. It was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane , a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries....
  • United First Parish Church
    United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts

    United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, is a Unitarian Universalist congregation, established as the parish church of Quincy in 1639....
  • Eastern Nazarene College
    Eastern Nazarene College

    Eastern Nazarene College is a Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Named Eastern Nazarene College in 1918, the college was founded in 1900 as the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute, in Saratoga Springs, New York, New York....
  • Southern Artery
    Southern Artery

    Southern Artery is a street in Quincy, Massachusetts. For much of its length it is a major arterial street which is used by an average of over 30,000 Boston area commuters daily....
  • Quincy Mosque
    Quincy Mosque

    Quincy Mosque, founded 1963, is situated in Quincy, Massachusetts in the Quincy Point neighborhood; it consists of half of the Islamic Center of New England; the other is a sister mosque in Sharon, Massachusetts....
  • Squantum Point Park
    Squantum Point Park

    Squantum Point Park is located in on the Squantum peninsula of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Squantum....
  • Naval Air Station Squantum
    Naval Air Station Squantum

    Squantum Naval Air Station was active from the 1929 until 1953. The airport on which it was based, Dennison Field, dates back to 1910. It was based on Squantum Point, located in Quincy, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
  • Blue Hills Reservation
    Blue Hills Reservation

    Blue Hills Reservation is a state park located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation , its territory extends into the communities of Milton, Massachusetts, Quincy, Massachusetts, Braintree, Massachusetts, Canton, Massachusetts, Randolph, Massachusetts, and Dedham, Massachusetts in the south...
  • Quincy Quarries Reservation
    Quincy Quarries Reservation

    The Quincy Quarries, in Quincy, Massachusetts, were the site of the first railroad in the United States and produced granite for over a century. The Quarry are now open to the public as a recreation area....


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Further reading

  • Browne, Patricia Harrigan, "Quincy - A Past Carved in Stone", Images of America Series, Arcadia Publishing, July 1996, ISBN 0-7524-0299-4


External links

  • - Quincy tourism information
  • - Channels 8 & 10