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Quincy
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Quincy
Total population
7,998
Median home value
$336,800
Bachelor's+
Median income
$87,902
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
- Wind Advisory · ModerateWind Advisory issued September 24 at 10:11AM PDT until September 25 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA
Source: NOAA National Weather Service.
City facts
Overview
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 one of the closest cities to The Gorge Amphitheatre.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
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. The arrival of the water from the Grand Coulee Dam in 1952 changed the town.
Geography
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.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Quincy, WA from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Quincy High SchoolHigh · QUINCY · 895 students · 19:1 ratio
- Quincy Middle SchoolMiddle · QUINCY · 757 students · 16.8:1 ratio
- Ancient Lakes ElementaryElementary · Quincy · 374 students · 15:1 ratio
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · QUINCY · 279 students · 12.7:1 ratio
- Monument ElementaryElementary · QUINCY · 263 students · 13.2:1 ratio
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · QUINCY · 262 students · 13.1:1 ratio
- Quincy Innovation AcademyOther · Quincy · 50 students · 16.7:1 ratio
- Quincy Innovation Academy Big PictureOther · Quincy · 28 students · 28:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
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Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Washington
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Quincy



Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 58 mi
- Wildfire KING, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-19 · 68 mi
- Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 75 mi
- Wildfire NUNAMAKER ROAD, Franklin, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-08 · 81 mi
- Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 85 mi
- Wildfire SISI, Chelan, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 89 mi
- Wildfire LITTLE GOOSE, Columbia, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-07 · 96 mi
- Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 98 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • iNaturalist
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET