Quincy, Florida
| Quincy, Florida | |
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Downtown Quincy on US90
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| Motto: "...In the heart of Florida's future" | |
 Location in Gadsden County and the state of Florida |
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 Quincy, Florida
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| Coordinates: 30°35′N 84°35′W / 30.583°N 84.583°WCoordinates: 30°35′N 84°35′W / 30.583°N 84.583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Gadsden |
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| • Total | 7.92 sq mi (20.51 km2) |
| • Land | 7.91 sq mi (20.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,972 |
| • Density | 1,008/sq mi (389.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 32351-32353 |
| Area code(s) | 850 |
| FIPS code | 12-59325 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0289404 |
| Website | www |
Quincy is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,972 at the 2010 census, up from 6,982 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Gadsden County.
Quincy is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Established in 1828, Quincy is the county seat of Gadsden County, and was named for John Quincy Adams. It is located 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Tallahassee, the state capital. Quincy was once heavily dependent upon agriculture, farming tomatoes, tobacco, mushrooms, soybeans and other crops for its employment base.
In 1828, Governor William P. Duval introduced Cuban tobacco to the territory of Florida. As a result, the culture of shade-grown cigar wrapper tobacco was a dominant factor in the social and economic development of Gadsden County. Tobacco is a native plant of the western hemisphere. Early European explorers discovered Native Americans growing the plant when they set foot on their soil.
In 1829, John Smith migrated to Gadsden County in covered wagons with his family and four related families. Since there was already a resident named John Smith in the community, he became known as John "Virginia" Smith. When Smith ventured southward he brought with him a type of tobacco seed which was used for chewing and pipe smoking. He planted that seed and found that the plants grew vigorously. Because there was no market for tobacco in small quantities, it was twisted together, cured and shared with his friends. He purchased some Cuban tobacco seed and planted them with his Virginia tobacco. Several years passed and the two tobaccos blended.
When the Virginia tobacco was grown in Florida soil, it was much thinner and lighter in color. Smith began saving the seed from the hybridized stalks. From these seeds, a new plant known as "Florida Wrapper" was developed. So began a tobacco industry at a time when the South was suffering from the low price of cotton.
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