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Adams County, Wisconsin

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—newspaper titles

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3historic places

—earliest paper

1848formed

20,654pop. 2020

24cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1981. Most listings are in or near Friendship.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams County Courthouse	Friendship	Building	1982
Gunning-Purves Building	Friendship	Building	2015
Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs	Friendship	Site	1981

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 1848 (1848-03-11) from Portage.

ADAMS created by Wisconsin Territory from PORTAGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Adams County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
187	6,492	6,741	9,141	9,287	8,449	7,906	7,566	13,457	18,643	20,654

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Coloma - Leola Cemetery	44.15565	-89.62616
Cottonville Cemetery	44.05395	-89.82661
Dellwood Cemetery	43.97931	-89.93782
East Arkdale Cemetery	44.02512	-89.87702
Easton Cemetery	43.83947	-89.78221
Edwardson Cemetery	44.05398	-89.91428
Fish Cemetery	44.05492	-89.61292
Gould Rock Cemetery	43.8933	-89.68817
Holliday Cemetery	44.17071	-89.68863
Indian Cemetery	44.04496	-89.72151
Lakeview Cemetery	43.76559	-89.61124
Monroe Cemetery	44.11829	-89.9504
Mount Repose Cemetery	43.9733	-89.83595
Niebull Cemetery	44.12663	-89.75345
Olin Cemetery	43.73635	-89.83436
Pine Grove Cemetery	43.94121	-89.65855
Quincy Cemetery	43.87685	-89.94852
Saint Leo's Cemetery	43.97351	-89.83707
South Arkdale Cemetery	44.01004	-89.91875
South Burr Oak Cemetery	43.98537	-89.6174
Spring Branch Cemetery	44.22178	-89.77761
Strongs Prairie Cemetery	44.06083	-89.98497
Townline Cemetery	43.79608	-89.83834
West Arkdale Cemetery	44.02451	-89.91742

Historical populated places — 9 of 9

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams Center	43.91608	-89.79735
Dell Prairie	43.6672	-89.7154
Fordham	43.98192	-89.73901
New Chester	43.86164	-89.63762
New Rome	44.24219	-89.86263
Pilot Knob	43.98747	-89.61818
Quincy	43.87636	-89.95624
Roche a Cri	44.05358	-89.83346
Springbluff	43.92331	-89.6779

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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