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Adamsville, Arizona
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Adamsville, Arizona
Adamsville, Arizona (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°00′46″N111°26′31″W / 33.01278°N 111.44194°W / 33.01278; -111.44194
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
County Pinal
Elevation
[1]
1,450 ft (442 m)
Population
 (2010)
  TotalN/A
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
ZIP codes
85132
Area code 520
GNIS feature ID U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adamsville, Arizona

Adamsville was a populated place in Pinal County, Arizona. Once a thriving farm town, it became a ghost town by the 1920s. [2] Adamsville is located at an elevation is 1,450 feet (442 m), on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona.

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History

Adamsville was one of the first two towns formed in Pinal County, Arizona. It was named for its original settler in 1866, Fred A. Adams. [3] When a post office was established there in 1871, it was named Sanford (for a Captain George B. Sanford of the First U.S. Cavalry), by a political enemy of Mr. Adams, Richard McCormick. The town had stores, homes, a post office and a flour mill and water tanks. Local residents continued to use the original name, causing confusion which existed until 1876, when the post office was discontinued. In 1900, the Gila River overflowed and wiped out most of the town. Those who survived the flood moved to the town of Florence. The inscription on the marker reads as follows: "In the 1870s, a flour mill and a few stores formed the hub of life in Adamsville, where shootings and knifings were commonplace, and life was one of the cheapest commodities. Most of the adobe houses have been washed away by the flooding Gila River". Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, reference #10000114. The entire settlement was gone by 1920. [2] Adams died in 1910 and is buried in the Adamsville A.O.U.W. (Ancient Order of United Workmen) Cemetery. [4] [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1870 400
1880 39−90.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Adamsville first appeared on the 1870 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. [7] It was then located within Pima County. It became a part of Pinal County with its creation in 1875. It reported 400 residents in 1870, all White. It was tied with the village of Apache Pass as the then-second most populous locale in Pima County, behind Tucson, and was the fourth largest recorded community in the entire territory of Arizona. In 1880, it reported as the village of Sanford, with just 39 residents. [8] It was the second-least recorded populated community, tied with the village of Plomosa, and just ahead of Casa Grande. It did not report again on the census.

Remaining structures

Cemetery

Historic Adamsville A.O.U.W. Cemetery – The Pioneers' Cemetery Association (PCA) maintains the "historic cemetery" (one which has been in existence for more than fifty years) in Adamsville. [9] Among those interred in the cemetery and whose graves are pictured are:

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References

  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Adamsville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adamsville
  3. Adamsville
  4. "ADAMS, FRED A. - Pinal County, Arizona | FRED A. ADAMS - Arizona Gravestone Photos". arizonagravestones.org. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  5. Moulton, Heather L.; Tatterson, Susan (2020). "Adamsville Cemetery and Butte View Cemetery – Established Late 1800s". Graveyards of the Wild West – Arizona. America Through Time (Fonthill Media). pp. 100–113. ISBN   978-1634992275.
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  7. "Population of civil divisions less than counties" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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  9. "Our Cemeteries". Pioneers' Cemetery AssociationPhoenix, AZ. Retrieved May 8, 2023.