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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 . [ 5 ]
Towns like Wilson Creek, Quincy and Ephrata began to thrive. The Washington State Legislature officially created Grant County on February 24, 1909, naming it in the memory of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and a major contributor to the Union victory in the American Civil War. The county seat was located in Ephrata.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 11 of those are found partially or wholly in Grant County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 2024.
The road connecting Quincy to points south, including Burke and the future settlement of George, appeared on local maps as early as 1910. [14] It was added to the state highway system in 1915 as a section of the Sunset Highway, which continued west through Ellensburg towards Seattle and east through Wenatchee and Waterville towards Spokane.
It replaced the East Wenatchee–Quincy section of PSH 10, with the rest absorbed into US 97, and all of PSH 7 except for the Quincy–George section, which became SR 281, a child route of SR 28. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In the early 1960s, business groups in Grant County had unsuccessfully sought to move US 2 or a designated alternate route to the ...
Quincy's planning department proposed a change that would open the door for almost 14,000 new units of multifamily housing in city's north and west. Proposal opens door for almost 14,000 more ...
Quincy Municipal Airport covers an area of 38 acres (15 ha) at an elevation of 1,271 feet (387 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,660 by 50 feet (1,116 x 15 m). [1] For the 12-month period ending June 28, 2010, the airport had 3,800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of ...
Oct. 22—QUINCY — Kacey Kiehn said the biggest challenge he sees facing the Quincy School District is accommodating the community's substantial growth. Kiehn was appointed to the Quincy School ...