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Quincy, Washington
Summary
Quincy is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is situated east of the Columbia River on State Route 28 and north of Interstate 90. The population was 7,543 at the 2020 census. Quincy is the one of the closest cities to The Gorge Amphitheatre.
Quincy lies atop a part of the Columbia River Basalt Group which is overlain by Pleistocene outburst flood deposits. The Missoula Floods had one of their outlets at Trinidad, close to Quincy and another near Ancient Lakes, which includes the Ancient Lakes of the Columbia Valley AVA. Glacial erratics carried from as far away as Montana can be found nearby. The area also has an abundance of rimrock.
Quincy was founded as a railroad camp during construction of the Great Northern Railway in 1892, and was incorporated on March 27, 1907. It was named after Quincy, Illinois.
Columbia Basin Reclamation Project#History
The arrival of the water from the Grand Coulee Dam in 1952 changed the town.
Quincy is located at (47.233691, −119.852296).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.
Quincy has a cold desert climate (BSk) according to the Köppen climate classification system.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,750 people, 1,915 households, and 1,541 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,020 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 54.9% White, 0.4% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 40.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 74.3% of the population.
There were 1,915 households, of which 55.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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