Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1870.
Adamsville dates its founding to 1832 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1870.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adamsville’s history is told.
Peaked at 335 in 1890; 140 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Adamsville’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Adamsville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Adamsville.
From Wikipedia’s history of Adamsville.
Adamsville was laid out in 1832 and named after John Quincy Adams or according to another source, Mordecai Adams, the proprietor of the village. A post office called Adamsville has been in operation since 1837. The village was incorporated in 1864.
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Passages that mention Adamsville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Jonathan Starkey, who resided about a mile east of the present town of Adamsville, was appointed Postmaster by President John Q. Adams, in 1827, and in 1829, was reiuoved by President Andrew Jackson, and Henry Bainter, of Monroe township, appointed. This change caused great dissatisfaction, and in 1835, Jared Cone was appointed at Adamsville. Cone was followed by
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Mordecai Adams, who owned the quarter section of land which corners on the northeast near the township hall, laid out the town of Adamsville in 1832. According to the Adamsvillc Register, 1889: .“ His residence, then located near the present site of Geyer’s store, was the only one in the village. A few years later, it was removed to what is known by the
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rett is a druggist and stationer. The Adamsville postoffice was established about a mile east of that town in 1827, with Jonathan Starkey as post master. It was moved to Adamsville in 1835, when Jared Cone was appointed. Nelson H. Garner is the present postmaster. Denison Ross erected and opened the first tavern in the township, on lot 4 in Wheeler’s addition to
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The first church was a small hewed log structure that stood just east of the present village of Adamsville, and was built in 1822 ; in 1838, it was removed, and a building, 40x60 feet, erected, at a cost of $1,000. In 1872, this building was taken down, and a new frame, 36x52 feet, erected in its place, at a cost of $2,500. , The first pastor was Rev. William Spencer,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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2004OHMap-doton-AdamsvilleAdamsville’s post office has been open since 1837. Another post office, Mechanicksvillie, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
In 1832, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Adamsville’s post office opened in 1832, and the census of 1870 counted 280 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (11), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
