Editing Adams, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Adams, Tennessee
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 =
| motto                    =

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| image_caption            = The old Bell School building, now city hall
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| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Robertson County, Tennessee|Robertson]]

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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Mary Mantooth
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| established_title        = Incorporated
| established_date         = 1963

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| population_total         = 624
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| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 37010
| area_code                = [[Area code 615|615]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
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| website                  = {{URL|http://www.adamstennessee.org}}
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'''Adams''' is a city in [[Robertson County, Tennessee]], United States. It is near the [[Kentucky]] state line. The population was 624 at the 2020 census.

==History==
The first settlers in what is now Adams arrived in the late 18th century.  The Red River Baptist Church, one of the first churches founded west of the [[Cumberland Plateau]], was built on the banks of the [[Red River (Cumberland River)|Red River]] in 1791.  The congregation relocated to its current location on Church Street in 1898.<ref>[http://www.bellwitch.org/adams.htm Tennessee Historical Commission marker 3C 11]. Accessed at the Bell Witch website, October 24, 2016.</ref>

[[File:Bell-Witch-THC-marker-tn1.jpg|left|210px|thumb|[[Tennessee Historical Commission|THC]] marker along [[U.S. Route 41|US 41]] in Adams recalling the [[Bell Witch]] haunting]]

Adams developed in the late 1850s as a station on the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad (later part of the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N]] system).  Most of the city's early buildings were destroyed during the Civil War.  The city originally incorporated as Red River in 1869, but was renamed Adams Station in honor of James Reuben Adams, who owned much of the land on which the city was built. The name was simplified to "Adams" in 1898. By the late 1880s, Adams was home to several stores, a flour mill, two churches, and a school. The city repealed its charter in 1899, but reincorporated in 1908, and incorporated as a city in 1963.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tennessee Place Names|first=Larry L.|last=Miller|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2001|pages=3}}</ref><ref name=towns>{{cite book|title=Tennessee Towns: from Adams to Yorkville|first=Tom|last=Siler|publisher=[[East Tennessee Historical Society]]|location=Knoxville, Tennessee|year=1985|pages=1}}</ref><ref name=adamshistory>"[http://www.bellwitch.org/adams.htm The History of Adams, Tennessee]," Bell Witch website. Accessed: October 24, 2016.</ref>

During the 1920s, Adams began to receive a steady flow of automobile traffic due to its location along [[U.S. Route 41]], which was one of the main roads linking the [[Chicago]] area with [[Florida]]. The city began to decline in the mid 20th century with the discontinuance of passenger rail traffic and the construction of [[Interstate 24]] and [[Interstate 65]] (which drew much of the automobile traffic away from US 41).<ref name=adamshistory />

Adams is the site of an infamous haunting, the [[Bell Witch]]. The first manifestations of the Bell Witch haunting supposedly occurred in 1817 through 1820 on a farm owned by [[John Bell (farmer)|John Bell]].<ref>{{cite book|title=An American Haunting: The Bell Witch|first=Brent|last=Monahan|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006}}</ref><ref>http://www.unexplainedstuff.com/Ghosts-and-Phantoms/Famous-Haunted-Houses-and-Places-Bell-witch-s-cave.html Famous Haunted Houses and Places - The Bell Witch</ref> A memorial to the Bell family can be found at Bellwood Cemetery.  The city's municipal offices are now located in the former Bell School, which was built in 1920 and named for a descendant of John Bell.  A log cabin built by John Bell around 1810 has been relocated to a plot across from the Bell School.<ref>"[http://www.bellwitch.org/attractions.htm Attractions]," Bell Witch website. Accessed: October 24, 2016.</ref>

==Geography==
The city is situated in northwestern Robertson County at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 41 in Tennessee|U.S. Route 41]], which connects Adams with [[Springfield, Tennessee|Springfield]] to the southeast and [[Guthrie, Kentucky]], to the northwest, and [[Tennessee State Route 76|State Route 76]], which connects Adams with [[Clarksville, Tennessee|Clarksville]] to the southwest.  The city's boundaries stretch northward and westward to the [[Red River (Cumberland River)|Red River]], a tributary of the [[Cumberland River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 237
|1890= 234
|1910= 542
|1920= 672
|1930= 512
|1970= 458
|1980= 600
|1990= 587
|2000= 566
|2010= 633
|2020= 624
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses }}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Adams racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4700200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 550
| 88.14%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 22
| 3.53%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 5
| 0.8%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 2
| 0.32%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 29
| 4.65%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 16
| 2.56%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 624 people, 210 households, and 138 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 566 people, 203 households, and 158 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|231.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 230 housing units at an average density of {{convert|94.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 90.11% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.48% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.35% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.88% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.94% of the population.

[[File:Red River Baptist Church.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Red River Baptist Church]]

There were 203 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $40,179. Males had a median income of $31,932 versus $21,190 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,067. About 6.3% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The Adams, TN City Commission consists of the following members:<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Commission {{!}} City of Adams Tennessee |url=https://adamstennessee.net/local-government/city-commission/ |access-date=September 25, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Adams City Commission
!Position
!Name
|-
|Mayor
|Robert W. Evans
|-
|Vice Mayor
|Jay Hall
|-
|Commissioner
|Megan Baird
|-
|City Recorder
|Anna Luke
|-
|City Clerk
|Lisa Jernigan
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.adamstennessee.org}}
*[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/38DD3FD093959F8285256AF7005ED9EF?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Adams] — information on local government, elections, and link to charter

{{Robertson County, Tennessee}}
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[[Category:Cities in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Cities in Robertson County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1869]]
[[Category:1869 establishments in Tennessee]]