Adamsville, Wisconsin | |
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Ghost town | |
Coordinates: 42°54′26″N89°54′45″W / 42.90722°N 89.91250°W Coordinates: 42°54′26″N89°54′45″W / 42.90722°N 89.91250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Iowa |
Town | Ridgeway |
Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
GNIS feature ID | 2760537 [1] |
Adamsville was a ghost town in the town of Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] Adamsville was founded by the politician John Adams and was the birthplace of his son Alva Adams, who served as the governor of Colorado. [2]
Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,875. Its county seat is Friendship. The county was created in 1848 and organized in 1853. Sources differ as to whether its name is in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams, or his son, the sixth President, John Quincy Adams.
Adamsville is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama. It is north from the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. It initially incorporated in 1901, but disincorporated in 1915. It later reincorporated in 1953. According to the 2010 census, this town had a population of 4,522, down from its peak population of 4,965 in 2000.
Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443, a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.
Adamsville is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 114 at the 2010 census.
Albion is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, located about 27 miles southeast of Madison on Interstate 90. The population was 1,823 at the 2000 Census. The unincorporated communities of Albion, Highwood, Hillside, and Indian Heights are located in the town.
Moscow is a town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 594 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Moscow is located in the town. The ghost town of Adamsville was also located in the town.
Adamsville is a town in Hardin and McNairy counties, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,207 at the 2010 census. Adamsville is named after George D. Adams, who operated an inn and stagecoach stop in the 1840s. Adamsville's nickname is the "Biggest Little Town in Tennessee" and was the home of Sheriff Buford Pusser.
Edgerton is a city in Rock County and partly in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,461 at the 2010 census. Of this, 5,364 were in Rock County, and 97 were in Dane County. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the area.
Adams may refer to:
Alva Blanchard Adams was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.
Alva Adams was an American politician.
William Herbert Adams, better known as Billy Adams, was an American political figure who served as the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, from 1927 until 1933.
Adamsville, Rhode Island is a historic village in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It was first settled in 1675 around the time of King Philip's War and was named after the second president of the United States, John Adams.
Neals Diggins is a former settlement and mining camp in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on the Feather River upstream from Oroville, on the opposite bank from Long's Bar. It was founded by Sam Neal, a local rancher, in 1848. Later that year, George Adams re-established the place and named it for himself.
Adamsville is an unincorporated community in Beaver County, Utah, United States.
Adams Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Adams Crossroads is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 404 and Adamsville Road northwest of Bridgeville.
Adamsville was a populated place in Pinal County, Arizona. Once a thriving farm town, it became a ghost town by the 1920s. Adamsville is located at an elevation is 1,450 feet, on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona.
John Adams was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
The Adamsville Cemetery is a historic cemetery, established by the Ancient Order of United Workmen (A.O.U.W.) in Adamsville, a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona. The Pioneers' Cemetery Association (PCA) defines a "historic cemetery" as one which has been in existence for more than fifty years.