THE QUINCY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Boston Basin setting.
Quincy city has 16.6 square miles of land in Norfolk County. Its Census reference point is in Boston Basin, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Quincy and Norfolk County
Quincy is associated with Norfolk County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Quincy by land and water
The Census records 10.3 square miles of water within Quincy, or 38.4% of its total area. It is 27.5 percentage points higher than the 10.9% recorded for Norfolk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Quincy city has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Braintree Town city (13.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

