Editing Adamsville, Tennessee (section)

==History==
The area in and around Adamsville was first surveyed by [[Davy Crockett]].<ref name="TN">{{cite web | year=2011 | title=Adamsville | publisher=[[Tennessee Department of Tourist Development]] | url=http://www.tnvacation.com/cities-towns/adamsville/ | access-date=November 19, 2011}}</ref> Just after 1818, George C. Adams and his family were the first settlers of European ancestry to locate to the area. A trading post would be opened, just north of where the Adamsville Cemetery is today. The trading post served the local [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native]] communities and Anglo settlers. In 1838 the Bell's detachment of the [[Trail of Tears]] traveled through Adamsville. Settlers from [[North Carolina]] and [[Maury County, Tennessee]] migrated to the area and the settlement developed an agricultural economy. When the [[Battle of Shiloh]] was fought in 1862, [[Union Army]] soldiers were camped in Adamsville.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History of Adamsville |work=History |publisher=City of Adamsville |url=http://www.cityofadamsville.com/rwpc/history.html |access-date=November 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204054325/http://www.cityofadamsville.com/rwpc/history.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012 }}

[[Ashley Durham]],</ref> Prior to that battle, the [[Skirmish at Adamsville]] resulted in a Confederate victory.

Adamsville was incorporated in 1870.<ref name="TN"/><ref>{{cite book|title=History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJ8KT_aU9pEC&pg=PA828|year=1886|publisher=Southern Historical Press|page=828| isbn=9780893080976 }}</ref> The town struggled to grow until roads were improved in the early 20th century. Agriculture remained the main economic developer until the textile industry came into the area with Myrna Mills factory opening, and then other factories following.<ref name="History"/>

===Severe Weather===
In 1991 a strong F3 tornado ripped through the little town destroying homes, the tornado had also moved through neighboring city of Selmer.

On October 26, 2019, Post Tropical Storm Olga moved through the area, Adamsville being caught in the eyewall remnants experienced the worst damage in the area. The incident caused one death.

On March 31, 2023, a large and destructive [[Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023#Bethel Springs–Adamsville–Hookers Bend–Hohenwald, Tennessee|EF3 tornado]] tore through the outskirts of town, killing 9 people and injuring 23. The tornado caused major damage to trees and many homes in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/ | title=ArcGIS Web Application }}</ref>