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Adel (other)
Adel may refer to: Places United States * Adel, Georgia * Adel, Indiana * Adel, Iowa * Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa * Adel, Oklahoma * Adel, Oregon * Adel Mountains Volcanic Field, West-central Montana Elsewhere * Adelaide, Australia * Adel, Leeds, England * Adilabad, Telangana, India * Adilabad district, Telangana, India * Al-Adel, Baghdad, Iraq * Adel, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia * Adel Sultanate People *Adel (name), a unisex first name of northern-European origin, or a last name * Adil, an Arabic first name (male) and last name Other uses *Adel (official), a public official in Morocco *Adel, German nobility *Adel, Dutch nobility *Adel, Danish nobility *Adel, Swedish nobility *Adel, Norwegian nobility *Adel, Finnish nobility *Adel, Icelandic nobility *''Adel'', an Egyptian ferry that capsized and sank in May 1963 *Adel, a game character of ''Final Fantasy VIII'' *Adel, a weevil/beetle genus of the Pentarthrini tribe See also *Adelaide (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adel, Georgia
The city of Adel is the county seat of Cook County, Georgia, United States, located fifty-two miles (84 km) southeast of Albany. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 5,571. History The original name of the city was Puddleville.Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). ''Georgia Place-Names.'' Winship Press, The city's first postmaster, Joel "Uncle Jack" Parrish, wanted to change the name of the city. It is believed that he saw the name "Philadelphia" on a croaker sack and struck out the first and last four letters to create the present name of Adel. The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway arrived in Adel in the 1880s. Adel was incorporated as a town in 1889. On January 22, 2017, a wave of thunderstorms and tornadoes passed through Adel, ultimately killing fourteen. Sunshine Acres, a local mobile home park, experienced severe damage, with over 20 homes destroyed and others damaged; seven residents were killed and an indeterminate number were injured or displaced. Geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |