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Welcome to Adamsville ...

Adamsville is located in Newport County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adamsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Adamsville is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Adamsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Adamsville: 401

The ZIP code for Adamsville: 02801<3>

Communities Also Named Adamsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Adamsville - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (4), Kansas, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Adamsville.

Websites for Adamsville ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Adamsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Adamsville.

  • New Bedford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fall River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Warwick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dartmouth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dartmouth is located in Bristol County (MA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
  • North Kingstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
  • Newport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bristol
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bristol is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
  • Somerset
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Portsmouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Portsmouth is located in Newport County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
  • Swansea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Adamsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Adamsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Adamsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adamsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Adamsville. See our Newspapers Page for Adamsville.

Adding Adamsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adamsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Adamsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Adamsville post office opened in 1847.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adamsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Newport, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adamsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Adamsville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Adamsville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/