Adams may refer to: * For persons, see

Adams (surname) Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from the given name Adam (given name), Adam. Related surnames include Addams and McAdam (surname), McAdam/MacAdam. People with the surname Politics and law *Alice Abadam (Welsh ...

Places

United States

Adams, California Adams is an unincorporated community in Lake County, California, Lake County, California. It was formerly Adams Springs, a summer resort developed around a small group of mineral water springs. Springs The Adams Springs are beside Big Canyon Cr ...

*Adams, California, former name of Corte Madera, California * Adams, Decatur County, Indiana *

Adams, Kentucky Adams is an unincorporated community located in Lawrence County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United Sta ...

Adams, Massachusetts Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,166 at the 2020 census. History Nathan Jones purchased the township of ...

, a New England town **

Adams (CDP), Massachusetts Adams is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Adams in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,515 at the 2010 census, out of 8,485 in the entire town of Adams. Geography Adams CDP is located in th ...

, the central village in the town *

Adams, Minnesota Adams is a city in Adams Township, Minnesota, Adams Township, Mower County, Minnesota, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 683 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 787 in 2010 United States census, 2010 ...

Adams, North Dakota Adams is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Adams was founded in 1905. Adams is Twinned cities, twinned with Bulwick, Bulwick, N ...

Adams, Nebraska Adams is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 604 at the 2020 census. History The area that would become the village of Adams was initially colonized by the namesake of the settlement, an Indiana pioneer named ...

Adams, New Jersey Adams is an unincorporated community located within North Brunswick Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community is located along Cozzens Lane ( County Route 608) between Route 27 and U.S. Route 1. Except for ...

* Adams (town), New York ** Adams (village), New York, within the town * Adams, Oklahoma *

Adams, Oregon Adams is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, located about northeast of Pendleton, Oregon, Pendleton on Oregon Route 11. The population was 350 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is part of ...

Adams, Pennsylvania Adams is a historic community located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It is near the Allegheny River The Allegheny River ( ; ; ) is a tributary of the Ohio River that is located in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York in t ...

, a former community in Armstrong County *

Adams, Tennessee 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 Baptis ...

Adams, Wisconsin Adams is a city in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,761 at the 2020 census. The city is located within the Town of Adams. History Adams was originally called South Friendship, but after a petition from residents w ...

, city in Adams County * Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin, town * Adams, Green County, Wisconsin, town * Adams, Jackson County, Wisconsin, town * Adams, Walworth County, Wisconsin, unincorporated community * Adams Center, Wisconsin, a ghost town

Elsewhere

* Adams (lunar crater) * Adams (Martian crater) *

Adams Island, New Zealand Adams Island is the second largest island of New Zealand's Auckland Islands archipelago. Geography The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates i ...

, one of the Auckland Islands *

Adams, Ilocos Norte Adams, officially the Municipality of Adams (; ), is a single-barangay municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,189 ...

Transportation

Vehicles

Adams (1903 automobile) Adams was an automobile introduced manufactured by the Adams Manufacturing Co. Ltd. from 1903 to 1906. It was developed by H. Adams, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, who offered a conversion set that converted horse-drawn carriages into moto ...

, an early 20th-century (1903–06) British automobile *

Adams (1905 automobile) Adams was an English automobile manufactured in Bedford, England, between 1905 and 1912 under the brand names Adams-Hewitt and later just Adams. Arthur Adams Arthur Henry Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1868. He became a qualified mech ...

, an early 20th-century (1905–14) British automobile *

Adams-Farwell The Adams Company is an American manufacturing concern. It was founded in 1883 and is based in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Between 1905 and 1912 it produced the Adams-Farwell, a brass era automobile. History The Roberts & Langworthy Iron Wor ...

, an American automobile of the late 19th and early 20th-century (1889-1912) *

Adams (constructor) Adams was an American racing car constructor named after Clyde Adams. Adams had left his native Texas and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 20. Adams started working for Harry Miller, and built a reputation as a first-class metalworker. When Mi ...

, a former racing car constructor

Vessels

* Adams (brig), early 19th-century ship * USS ''Adams'', several ships

Other uses

* MSC Adams, a multibody dynamics simulation software * Adams (retailer), a children's clothes retailer * Adam's ale, meaning water * Adams Golf, a Texas-based golf club manufacturer *

Adams' Grammar School Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School is a selective state grammar school for high-achieving boys and girls aged 11–18 with boarding for boys, located in Newport, Shropshire, offering day and boarding education. As of 2024, boarding fees are £14, ...

, Newport, Shropshire, England * Adams House (disambiguation), a reference to any of several historic houses * Adams Park, a football stadium in Buckinghamshire, England *Adams, a brand of jockstrap * Adams Musical Instruments * Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales a project of the American military, designed to identify patterns and anomalies in very large data sets * Beaumont–Adams revolver, a 19th-century firearm * Cadbury Adams, confectionery company acquired by Cadbury from Pfizer in 2003 * ADAMS, short for Anti-Doping Administration and Management System, a database operated by the

World Anti-Doping Agency The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; , AMA) is an international organization co-founded by the governments of over 140 nations along with the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against d ...

(WADA) * All Dulles Area Muslim Society, a mosque with many locations in Northern Virginia, United States * The Adams, Indonesian indie rock band * Adam's Chiclets, branding for Chiclets gum in parts of Latin America