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Adams County, Mississippi

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
128historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
29,538pop. 2020
48cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 128 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 13 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Natchez, Washington, Stanton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Mississippi is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Adams titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

71 of 128 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

128 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ailes, William, HouseNatchezBuilding1980
AirlieNatchezBuilding1982
Anna Site NHLNatchezSite1993
Arlington NHLNatchezBuilding1973
Assembly HallWashingtonBuilding1978
Auburn NHLNatchezBuilding1974
Baynton, John, HouseNatchezBuilding1974
Bedford PlantationNatchezBuilding1978
BeechlandNatchezBuilding1982
BelvidereNatchezBuilding1980
Beulah Missionary Baptist ChurchNatchezBuilding2023
Brandon HallWashingtonBuilding1980
Brandon, Gerard, IV, HouseNatchezBuilding1982
BriarsNatchezBuilding1977
Brumfield High SchoolNatchezBuilding1993
Buie HouseNatchezBuilding1983
Burn, TheNatchezBuilding1979
Carmel Presbyterian ChurchNatchezBuilding1985
Cedar GroveNatchezBuilding1982
Cemetery Bluff DistrictNatchezDistrict1980
Cherry Grove PlantationNatchezBuilding1983
China Grove PlantationNatchezBuilding1982
Cliffs PlantationNatchezBuilding1980
Clifton Heights Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1982
Commercial Bank and Banker's House NHLNatchezBuilding1974
Concord QuartersNatchezBuilding2019
Cottage GardensNatchezBuilding1979
D'EvereuxNatchezBuilding1972
Dicks, John, HouseNatchezBuilding1982
Dixon BuildingNatchezBuilding1979
Downriver Residential Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1999
Dubs, Dr. Charles H., TownhouseNatchezBuilding1978
Dunleith NHLNatchezBuilding1972
EdgewoodNatchezBuilding1979
ElginNatchezBuilding1979
Elizabeth Female Academy Site (No. 101-3X)NatchezSite1977
Elms CourtNatchezBuilding1977
Elms, TheNatchezBuilding1976
Emerald Mound Site (22AD504) NHLStantonSite1988
Eola HotelNatchezBuilding1979
Fair OaksNatchezBuilding1976
Fairchild's Creek BridgeNatchezStructure2005
First Presbyterian Church of NatchezNatchezBuilding1978
Fort Dearborn SiteWashingtonSite1974
Foster's MoundNatchezBuilding1982
Glen AubinNatchezBuilding1985
Glen Mary Plantation and Tenant HouseNatchezBuilding1979
GlenburnieNatchezBuilding1978
GlencannonNatchezBuilding1990
GloucesterNatchezBuilding1976
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians NHLNatchezSite1966
Hawthorne PlaceNatchezBuilding1979
Henderson-Britton HouseNatchezBuilding1978
HillsideNatchezBuilding1987
Holy Family Catholic Church Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1995
Hope FarmNatchezBuilding1975
House on Ellicott's Hill NHLNatchezBuilding1974
Institute HallNatchezBuilding1979
Jackson, Wharlest and Exerlena, HouseNatchezBuilding2017
Jefferson CollegeWashingtonDistrict1970
Johnson, William, HouseNatchezBuilding1976
Keyhole HouseNatchezBuilding1982
King's TavernNatchezBuilding1971
Kingston Methodist ChurchNatchezBuilding1982
Koontz HouseNatchezBuilding1979
LansdowneNatchezBuilding1978
Laurel Hill PlantationNatchezBuilding1982
LindenNatchezBuilding1978
Lisle-Shields Town HouseNatchezBuilding1979
Longwood NHLNatchezBuilding1969
Magnolia HillNatchezBuilding1979
Manse, TheNatchezBuilding1979
Mazique Archeological SiteNatchezSite1991
MeadvillaWashingtonBuilding1982
Melrose NHLNatchezBuilding1974
Mercer HouseNatchezBuilding1979
MistletoeNatchezBuilding1973
Monmouth NHLNatchezBuilding1973
MonteigneNatchezBuilding1974
MontpellierNatchezBuilding1979
Mount OliveNatchezBuilding1980
Mount ReposeNatchezBuilding1979
Myrtle BankNatchezBuilding1978
Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1972
Natchez National CemeteryNatchezSite1999
Natchez National Historical ParkNatchezDistrict1988
Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1979
Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)NatchezDistrict2015
Neibert-Fisk HouseNatchezBuilding1979
OaklandNatchezBuilding1976
OaklandNatchezBuilding1989
OakwoodNatchezBuilding1985
Patterson, Charles, HouseNatchezBuilding1994
Pine Ridge ChurchNatchezBuilding1979
Pleasant HillNatchezBuilding1979
Prentiss ClubNatchezBuilding1979
PropinquityNatchezBuilding2023
Ratcliffe Mound SiteWashingtonSite2004
RavennaNatchezBuilding1982
RavennasideNatchezBuilding1979
RichmondNatchezBuilding1978
Roos HouseNatchezBuilding1979
Rosalie NHLNatchezBuilding1977
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchNatchezBuilding2023
RouthlandNatchezBuilding1977
SaragossaNatchezBuilding1980
Selma Plantation HouseNatchezBuilding1989
ShadysideNatchezBuilding1979
Shaw-Nosser HouseNatchezBuilding2023
Smart-Griffin HouseNatchezBuilding1979
Smith-Buntura-Evans HouseNatchezBuilding1978
SmithlandNatchezBuilding1987
Spokane Mound Archaeological SiteNatchezSite2022
Stanton Hall NHLNatchezBuilding1974
Texada House and Quarters (Additional Documentation)NatchezDistrict2026
Texada House and Quarters (Boundary Increase)NatchezDistrict2026
Texada TavernNatchezBuilding1979
Tillman HouseNatchezBuilding1979
Traveller's RestNatchezBuilding1984
Upriver Residential DistrictNatchezDistrict1983
Van Court Town HouseNatchezBuilding1980
Warren-Erwin HouseWashingtonBuilding1982
Washington Methodist ChurchWashingtonBuilding1986
Weymouth HallNatchezBuilding1980
White CottageNatchezBuilding1983
Winchester HouseNatchezBuilding1979
Woodlawn Historic DistrictNatchezDistrict1995
WoodstockNatchezBuilding1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Adams was formed in 1799 (1799-04-02) from unknown / original county.

ADAMS created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area; included part of present Alabama and Mississippi.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Adams County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

38k21k4,66018001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,66012,07619,43420,16522,64930,11122,18327,23832,25637,73038,03534,34029,538

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Natchez National Historic ParkPark unit8.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

48 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery31.51611-91.34644
Barland Cemetery31.60516-91.36761
Blake Cemetery31.56905-91.21649
Brandon Cemetery31.60655-91.26511
Bryandale Cemetery31.56738-91.28399
Buckles Cemetery31.55516-91.15871
Calvin Smith Cemetery31.456-91.32344
Carter Cemetery31.42196-91.23934
Clemont Cemetery31.59155-91.39705
Collins Cemetery31.51655-91.23788
Cory Cemetery31.42016-91.20455
Dunbarton Cemetery31.50988-91.26927
Evans Cemetery31.51244-91.22362
Farrar - King Cemetery31.39183-91.27927
Farrar Cemetery31.57544-91.15816
Ferguson - Foster Cemetery31.58655-91.34122
Forest Cemetery31.46405-91.38011
Foster Cemetery31.62394-91.34583
Foster Cemetery31.5147-91.23503
Foster Mound Cemetery31.59877-91.33261
Greenlawn Memorial Park31.57806-91.34828
Higgland Cemetery31.60627-91.22871
Hoggatt Cemetery31.51599-91.2176
Holmes Cemetery31.43433-91.19677
Kingston Cemetery31.38596-91.29518
Linwood Cemetery31.51349-91.42928
McCouen Cemetery31.56377-91.30566
McCoy Cemetery31.23184-91.5715
Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery31.38652-91.39567
Natchez City Cemetery31.575-91.39425
Natchez National Cemetery31.58097-91.39509
Painters Cemetery31.71009-91.32294
Pine Hill Memorial Park31.62349-91.35872
Rawlings Cemetery31.58201-91.30447
Roaring Dale Cemetery31.55787-91.21704
Roseland Cemetery31.52016-91.29094
Routh Cemetery31.54878-91.39803
Rucker Cemetery31.6046-91.19066
Saint Marks Cemetery31.61766-91.25066
Sargent Cemetery31.53273-91.40248
Sessions Cemetery31.50933-91.22427
Sessions Cemetery31.57905-91.2451
Skinners Cemetery31.53462-91.34515
Surget Cemetery31.46488-91.35844
Sweet Auburn Cemetery31.57488-91.29844
Tate Cemetery31.57016-91.17649
Trinity Cemetery31.54699-91.29616
Winston Cemetery31.6062-91.28652
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Natchez Under the Hill31.56267-91.40845

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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