The census reported that 2,451 people (98.5% of the population) lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 38 (1.5%) were institutionalized. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 161 people (6.5%). The racial makeup of East Quincy was 2,174 (87.3%) White, 79 (3.2%) African American, 43 (1.7%) Native American, 15 (0.6%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 32 (1.3%) from other races, and 146 (5.9%) from two or more races. The population density was 205.6 inhabitants per square mile (79.4/km 2). Source: WRCC (temperature normals 1895–2013), ĭemographics Historical populationĪt the 2010 census East Quincy had a population of 2,489. Although summer days are hot and only 1.4 days per winter fail to top 32 ☏ (0 ☌), nights can be very cold and frosts occur on 179 days per year and have been recorded even in July. Įast-Quincy has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb) though its inland location and altitude makes it more continental and wetter than usual for this type, with very heavy snowfalls sometimes occurring in winter – the record being 133 inches (337.8 cm) in the very wet January 1916. Cultivated land north of the residential area lies on poorly drained loam, silt loam or fine sandy loam.
Its dominant silica-rich clastic material weathers to a stony coarse soil which includes the well or somewhat excessively drained alluvial fan material (mainly Forgay very gravelly sandy loam) on which most of Quincy's businesses and homes have been built. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.1 square miles (31 km 2), all of it land.Įast-Quincy is underlain by metasedimentary rock of the Shoo Fly Complex. Western Pacific Railroad was eventually purchased by Union Pacific in 1982. It’s a prime example of brute-force engineering used to conquer the natural world. The Keddie Wye is unique in that it’s the only wye in the world to have two legs elevated on bridges that meet in a tunnel. In railroading, a wye is defined as a triangular junction of tracks. This presented some challenges, and the Keddie Wye was the solution.
To remain competitive, a northbound branch was created in 1930.
With the help of Chief Surveyor Arthur Keddie, work was completed in 1909. George Jay Gould, himself the son of a baron, sought to create an alternate pass through the mountains via the Feather River Canyon. In 1903, the Western Pacific Railroad was created to compete with the Southern Pacific Railroad, which held the original transcontinental route over Donner Pass in the Sierras. It also gave rise to the railroad tycoons and robber barons who had a virtual monopoly on transportation. The train allowed passengers and cargo to cross the country in a fraction of the time of wagons and stagecoaches. One of the greatest chapters in the history of United States westward expansion is the Transcontinental Railroad.
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