Quincy, MA news and local guide

The area was part of Dorchester from 1630, was briefly annexed by Boston in 1634 and became Braintree in 1640, and from 1708 its North Precinct took the shape of modern Quincy. In 1792 it was incorporated as a separate town, named for Colonel John Quincy, maternal grandfather of Abigail Adams, and it became a city in 1888. Known as the City of Presidents, it is the birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams and of John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. For more than a century Quincy had a thriving granite industry, served by the Granite Railway, the country's first commercial railroad, and shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard was another mainstay. The Old Colony Railroad of 1845 began its growth as a suburb, and Howard Johnson's and Dunkin' Donuts were both founded in Quincy in the 20th century. Sources Wikipedia: Quincy, Massachusetts