Do you know of Adamson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Adamson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Adamson.

Our sources for Adamson (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Adamson other than they indicate that Adamson would be found somewhere in Rooks County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1875 and closed  in 1892.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Adamson ...

We found three communities that share the name Adamson.

Within Kansas, the name Adamson is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Heard County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adamson [Heard County].
  • Kentucky
    • Letcher County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Adamson [Letcher County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Pittsburg County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Adamson [Pittsburg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Adamson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Adamson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Adamson - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Kansas Post Offices (May 29, 1828 - August 3, 1961)
Written by: Baughman, Robert W.
Published by the Kansas State Historical Society (1977)
(Available from Amazon.com)

A note taken from the Kansas Post Offices:
The Adamson Post office opened  on April 30, 1875 and closed  on October 15, 1892

More Orphans in  Rooks County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rooks County.