Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Adams came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Adams in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Adams. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Adams data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Adams:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Ontario
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2008
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (1828)
Printed by Way & Gideon, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Adams in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Adams for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Adams. See our Misc Page for Adams for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Adams:

Adams was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)