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==History== Adams County was formed in 1825 out of [[Pike County, Illinois|Pike County]]. Its name is in honor of the sixth [[President of the United States]], [[John Quincy Adams]]. <gallery> File:Adams County Illinois 1825.png|When it was created, Hancock County was temporarily attached to Adams until it could organize a county government.<ref>White, Jesse. ''Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties.'' State of Illinois, March 2010. [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/ipub15.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109013230/https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/ipub15.pdf |date=January 9, 2017 }}</ref> File:Adams County Illinois 1829.png|Adams County reduced to its current borders in 1829. </gallery>
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