West Quincy
West Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is bordered on the north by Wollaston, on the east by Quincy Center, on the south by South Quincy and on the west by the town of Milton and the Blue Hills Reservation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: neighborhood of Quincy
- Also known as: “Railway Village”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Granite Railway and House at 92 Willard Street.
Granite Railway
Protected area
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The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton.
House at 92 Willard Street
House
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The House at 92 Willard Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, is believed to be the only granite house ever built in the city, which is well known for its granite quarries.
John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site
Archaeological site
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The John Winthrop Jr. Iron Furnace Site is a historic archaeological site at 61 Crescent Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. The site is called Braintree Furnace in some texts; the West Quincy location at the time of operation was in a part of Braintree, Massachusetts, that later became Quincy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quincy and Milton.
Quincy
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Quincy is in Massachusetts. Quincy was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.
Milton
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Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an immediate southern suburb of Boston. The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census.
North Quincy
Suburb
North Quincy is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It is separated from the city of Boston by the Neponset River, and borders the Quincy neighborhoods of Squantum, Montclair and Wollaston. North Quincy is situated 2 miles north of West Quincy.
West Quincy
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.25288° or 42° 15′ 10″ northLongitude
-71.03283° or 71° 1′ 58″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87JC7X38+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 158810942OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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