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Quincy is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and the largest city in the county, an immediate southern suburb of Boston.

First settled in 1625, Quincy was split off from Braintree and incorporated as a town in 1792, named after Colonel John Quincy, and became a city in 1888.

The 2020 census counted 101,636 people in Quincy, in 46,789 households, in 51,156 housing units.

Quincy covers 26.91 square miles, of which 16.57 square miles is land and 10.34 square miles is water.

Known as the City of Presidents, Quincy is the birthplace of two United States presidents, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, as well as John Hancock.

The Granite Railway, built in 1826 to carry granite from a Quincy quarry to the Neponset River, was the first commercial railroad in the United States.

Shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard was a key industry in Quincy, and warships built there included the aircraft carrier USS Lexington and the battleship USS Massachusetts.

The USS Salem, the world's last all-gun heavy warship, is preserved at Fore River as the main exhibit of the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum.

Howard Johnson's and Dunkin' Donuts were both founded in Quincy.

Wollaston Beach, along Quincy Shore Drive, is the largest beach on Boston Harbor.