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47.670278, -122.388056
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We found 53 communities that share the name Adams.
Within Washington, the name Adams is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 50 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Adams, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Chilton County
This Adams is located in Chilton County and lies 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chilton County community of Adams.
Mobile County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Adams [Mobile County].
California
Lake County
This Adams is located in Lake County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the south of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Adams.
Colorado
Larimer County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Adams [Larimer County].
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Adams.
Delaware
New Castle County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Adams [New Castle County].
Florida
Hamilton County
This Adams is located in Hamilton County and lies 2,385 miles [3,838.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Adams.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Adams is located in Clarke County and lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Adams.
Irwin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Irwin County].
Lee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Lee County].
Richmond County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Richmond County].
Wilcox County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Adams [Wilcox County].
Illinois
Adams County
This Adams is located in Adams County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Adams.
Livingston County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Adams [Livingston County].
Indiana
Allen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Adams [Allen County].
Decatur County
This Adams is located in Decatur County and lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Adams.
Morgan County
This Adams is located in Morgan County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km] to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Adams.
Iowa
Muscatine County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Adams [Muscatine County].
Kansas
Kingman County
This Adams is located in Kingman County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Adams.
Kentucky
Lawrence County
This Adams is located in Lawrence County and lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Adams.
Maine
Piscataquis County
This Adams is located in Piscataquis County and lies 2,496 miles [4,016.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Adams.
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
This Adams is located in Berkshire County and lies 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Adams.
Michigan
Calhoun County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Adams [Calhoun County].
Minnesota
Mower County
This Adams is located in Mower County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Adams.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Adams is located in Hinds County and lies 1,975 miles [3,178.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Adams.
Missouri
Buchanan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Adams [Buchanan County].
Jackson County
This Adams is located in Jackson County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Adams.
Worth County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Adams [Worth County].
Nebraska
Gage County
This Adams is located in Gage County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of Adams.
Kimball County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Adams [Kimball County].
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Adams is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,388 miles [3,843.1 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Adams.
New York
Jefferson County
This Adams is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Adams.
North Carolina
Wake County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Adams [Wake County].
Watauga County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Adams [Watauga County].
North Dakota
Walsh County
This Adams is located in Walsh County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walsh County community of Adams.
Oklahoma
Texas County
This Adams is located in Texas County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Adams.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Adams.
Oregon
Umatilla County
This Adams is located in Umatilla County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Adams.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This Adams is located in Armstrong County and lies 2,134 miles [3,434.3 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Adams.
Huntingdon County
This Adams is located in Huntingdon County and lies 2,235 miles [3,596.9 km] to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Adams.
Schuylkill County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Adams [Schuylkill County].
Somerset County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Adams [Somerset County].
South Carolina
Union County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Adams [Union County].
Tennessee
Robertson County
This Adams is located in Robertson County and lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Adams.
Texas
Bexar County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Adams [Bexar County].
Lamar County
This Adams is located in Lamar County and lies 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Adams.
Schleicher County
This Adams is located in Schleicher County and lies 1,641 miles [2,640.9 km] to the southeast of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schleicher County community of Adams.
Vermont
Grand Isle County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Adams [Grand Isle County].
West Virginia
Boone County
This Adams is located in Boone County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Adams.
Wisconsin
Adams County
This Adams is located in Adams County and lies 1,576 miles [2,536.3 km]<1> to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Adams.
Walworth County
This Adams is located in Walworth County and lies 1,666 miles [2,681.2 km] to the east of the Adams that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Adams.
Communities Beyond North America ...
Latvia
Distance: 4,958 miles [7,979.1 km]<1> to the north northeast
Philippines
Distance: 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km]<1> to the west northwest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adams ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Adams to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Adams and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies just to the South Southeast.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Adams to Olympia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,770 miles [10,895.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adams) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adams. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6703, Longitude: -122.3881 In this case, the coordinates for Adams have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Adams could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Adams to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.923 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.489 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.791 degrees.