Editing Adams County, North Dakota (section)

==History==
The county was created on April 17, 1907, and organized one week later.<ref>{{Cite book|last=North Dakota Secretary of State |author-link=North Dakota Secretary of State |title=North Dakota Blue Book |publisher=North Dakota Secretary of State |year=1995 |location=Bismarck |pages=446}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies |url=https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |website=publications.newberry.org |publisher=The [[Newberry Library]] |date=2006 |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=County History |url=https://www.nd.gov/government/state-government/county-history |website=www.nd.gov |publisher=State of North Dakota |access-date=May 11, 2025}}</ref> It was named for [[John Quincy Adams (1848–1919)|John Quincy Adams]] (1848–1919), a railroad official for the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|Milwaukee Road Railroad]] and distant relative of sixth [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John Quincy Adams]] (1767–1848).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wick, Douglas A. |title=North Dakota Place Names |publisher=Hedemarken Collectibles |isbn=0-9620968-0-6 |pages=217}}</ref> In 1923, Adams County was the site of one of the deadliest tornadoes in North Dakota's recorded history.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=William |title=North Dakota Tornadoes Twisters & Cyclones |date=2024 |publisher=Valley Star Publications |isbn=979-8-89480-378-4 |location=Dickinson, ND |publication-date=2024 |pages=23}}</ref> The "Adams County Twister' killed eight people and injured 20.<ref name=":0" />