Do you know of Adams ???

When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer - that's the case with Adams.

This entry has been created as a placeholder - we hope to develop more information in the future.

This entry could be in error. It might be that our source had a mis-print, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. We hope to learn more about Adams in the future.

We found mention of Adams as a post office, but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bexar County, Texas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adams, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated ?.

Communities Also Named Adams ...

While we believe that this Adams is located in Bexar County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Adams. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lamar and Schleicher County.

Beyond Texas, there are 51 communities that are also named Adams - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (5), Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

Adding Adams to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adams in the FIPS-55 file.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Adams was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Adams in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Adams ...

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

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Adams.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/01180   (Place Name: Adams)

County: Bexar     (FIPS State/County: 48/029)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Adams) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.