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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Quincy, known as
the "Gem City", is a city on the Mississippi River and county seat of
Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census the city
had 40,366 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, IL-MO
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.
