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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Adams. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Adams to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Adams, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Adams (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Adams. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Adams is historic, it would have been located within present day Worth County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Worth County: Ringgold (IA), Taylor (IA), Gentry, Harrison & Nodaway.
Below are the counties that are near Adams. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adams:
- Worth County (The home county of Adams)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Allendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Irena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Grant City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prohibition City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prohibition City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prohibition City
- Worth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Worth is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Sheridan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gentry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Siloam Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Lone Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Gentry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gentry is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Alanthus Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alanthus Grove is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Grove
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Stanberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gentryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gentryville is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentryville
- McFall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McFall is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Ford City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ford City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Island City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Hatfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Eagleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blythedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- New Hampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Akron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Akron is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Cainsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Mount Moriah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Mercer County
- Burrows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Nodaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Parnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gaynor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gaynor is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaynor
- Ravenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenwood is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Orrsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Orrsburg is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrsburg
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Conception Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Conception Junction is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conception Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Conception
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Lamoni
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Davis City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Davis City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Grand River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Pleasanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Decatur City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Leon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leon is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <2>
- Ringgold County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Redding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Delphos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delphos is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
- Mount Ayr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Maloy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maloy is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maloy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27 people
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Kellerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diagonal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Knowlton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Knowlton is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
- Beaconsfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaconsfield is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaconsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Ellston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ellston is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Tingley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Taylor County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Blockton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blockton is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Athelstan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Athelstan is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Clearfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sharpsburg is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Lenox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gravity is located in Taylor County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Union County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Shannon City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shannon City is located in Union County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Arispe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arispe is located in Union County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adams, see our County-by-County Page for Adams.
Cemeteries Near Adams ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adams.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Adams - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adams covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Kirk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Petry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Allendale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lotts Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Isabelle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Freeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ringgold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hoblett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoblett Cemetery
- The Hoblett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hoblet Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Denver.
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Adams in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adams.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adams, with the one closest to Adams listed first.
- Allendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Ringgold ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ringgold is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Washington Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Center is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Center
- Irena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Irena is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
- Grant City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Caledonia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Redding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redding is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Pawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pawnee is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
- Delphos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delphos is located in Ringgold County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
- Estimated population in 2019: 24 people
- Ellenorah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ellenorah is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenorah
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lone Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Brooklyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Mount Ayr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adams. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adams.
Newspapers Published in Adams ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adams.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adams, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adams.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Adams:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Worth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Gentry County
- Harrison County
- Mercer County
- Nodaway County
- Decatur County
- Ringgold County
- Taylor County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Adams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adams) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |