Category:North America/United States of America/Illinois/Quincy/

Coordinates: 39°55′56″N 91°23′19″W 39.93222, -91.38861

Quincy

Quincy, Illinois, known as the "Gem City", is a city on the Mississippi River and county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census the city had 40,069 people. The community is a river city and was built on top of the bluffs. Quincy serves as the economic and cultural hub of West-Central Illinois and is the primary city of the Quincy, ILMO Micropolitan Statistical Area.During the 1800s the city was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It also sheltered hundreds of Mormons during their exile from Missouri. Today, Quincy is a thriving mid-sized industrial city that prides itself on its German heritage as well as its artistic expressions.^[1]

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