Adams may refer to: * For persons, see

Adams (surname) Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of the soil (Adama)". Variations include Addams, McAdam and MacAdam. People with the surname Politics and law * A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politician *Abigail Ad ...

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United States

Adams, California Adams is an unincorporated community in 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 Creek. They are south of ...

*Adams, California, former name of

Corte Madera, California Corte Madera (; Spanish for "Chop Wood") is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. Corte Madera is located south of San Rafael, at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). The population was 10,222 at the 2020 census. The town was named after ...

Adams, Decatur County, Indiana Adams is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Decatur County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and larg ...

Adams, Kentucky Adams is an unincorporated community located in Lawrence County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It ...

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 the ...

, the central village in the town *

Adams, Minnesota Adams is a city in Adams Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 787 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census ...

Adams, North Dakota Adams is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 census. Adams was founded in 1905. Adams is twinned with Bulwick, Northamptonshire. Stamps The 1962 United StateHomesteadingstamp and 1975 Norw ...

Adams, Nebraska Adams is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 573 at the 2010 census. History The area that would become the village of Adams was initially colonized by the namesake of the settlement, an Indiana pioneer named J ...

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

* Adams (town), New York **

Adams (village), New York Adams is a village in the town of Adams in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,775 at the 2010 census. The village is named after President John Adams. History The village was first settled around 1800 and was calle ...

, within the town *

Adams, Oklahoma Adams is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Oklahoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately east-northeast of the county seat, Guymon, Oklahoma, Guymon.

Adams, Oregon Adams is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, located about northeast of Pendleton on Oregon Route 11. The population was 350 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pendleton– Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Ad ...

* Adams, Pennsylvania, 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 Baptist ...

Adams, Wisconsin Adams is a city in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,967 at the 2010 census. The city is located within the Town of Adams. History Adams was originally called South Friendship, but after a petition from resident ...

, city in Adams County *

Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin Adams is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,345 at the 2010 census. The city of Adams is located within the town. The ghost town of Adams Center was also located in the town. Geography According to th ...

, town *

Adams, Green County, Wisconsin Adams is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 464 at the 2000 Census. Willet, now a ghost town, was located in Adams. History The earliest settlers were Cornish lead miners; they were followed by settlers from ...

, town *

Adams, Jackson County, Wisconsin Adams is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,208 at the 2000 census. Adams was organized in 1938, from a part of Albion town.

, town *

Adams, Walworth County, Wisconsin Adams is an unincorporated community in the town of Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bo ...

, unincorporated community *

Adams Center, Wisconsin Adams Center is a ghost town in the town of Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by ...

, a ghost town

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Adams (lunar crater) Adams is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged southeastern section of the Moon, near the lunar limb. It lies just to the southwest of the crater Legendre. To the northwest are the craters Hase and Petavius, and to the southwest i ...

Adams (Martian crater) Adams may refer to: * For persons, see Adams (surname) Places United States *Adams, California *Adams, California, former name of Corte Madera, California *Adams, Decatur County, Indiana *Adams, Kentucky *Adams, Massachusetts, a New England town ...

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 ( ilo, Ili ti Adams; tl, Bayan ng Adams), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,189 people. Geography Ada ...

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;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 motor ...

, an early 20th-century British automobile *

Adams (automobile) Adams was an English automobile manufactured in Bedford, England, between 1905 and 1914. Arthur Henry Adams had founded the Igranic Works in Bedford in 1899 to make electrical equipment. American-born Edward R. Hewitt had helped Sir Hiram Maxim ...

, 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 Works ...

, 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

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* MSC Adams, a multibody dynamics simulation software *

Adams (retailer) Adams Kids was a children's clothing retailer, based in Paddington, London in the United Kingdom. History Early history Amy Adams started a children's clothing business from her own home in Birmingham in 1933. She then opened another three store ...

, a children's clothes retailer *

Adam's ale ''Adam's ale'' (also referred to as ''Adam's wine'', especially in Scotland; sometimes simply called ''Adam'') is a colloquial allusion meaning water. It alludes to the idea that the biblical Adam had only water to drink. This inference gaine ...

, meaning water *

Adams Golf Adams Golf, Inc. was an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Plano, Texas, focused on the golf equipment market. The company produced golf equipment (more specifically clubs). In 2012 it was acquired by TaylorMade (owned by Adi ...

, a Texas-based golf club manufacturer *

Adams' Grammar School Haberdashers' Adams is a grammar school for boys aged 11–18 and girls aged 16–18, located in Newport, Shropshire, offering day and boarding education. Current (2021) boarding fees are £12,144 per year and £13,644 per year for overseas stud ...

, Newport, Shropshire, England *

Adams House (disambiguation) Adams House may refer to: ;In England * Adams House (London), a listed building * The Adams House, York, a listed building ;In the United States *Captain Adams House, Daphne, Alabama, National Register of Historic Places listings in Baldwin County ...

, a reference to any of several historic houses *

Adams Park Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers in League One. It was also leased from 2002 to 2014 to the rugby union club London Was ...

, a football stadium in Buckinghamshire, England *Adams, a brand of jockstrap *

Adams Musical Instruments Adams Musical Instruments is a manufacturer of musical instruments based in the Netherlands. The company produces percussion and brass instruments. Percussion instruments by Adams include timpani, marimbas, xylophones, vibraphones, glockenspiels, ...

Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales, or ADAMS, was a $35 million DARPA project designed to identify patterns and anomalies in very large data sets. It is under DARPA's DARPA#Current program offices, Information Innovation office and began in 2011 ...

a project of the American military, designed to identify patterns and anomalies in very large data sets *

Beaumont–Adams revolver The Beaumont–Adams revolver is a black powder, double-action, percussion revolver. Originally adopted by the British Army in .442 calibre (54-bore, 11.2 mm) in 1856, it was replaced in British service in 1880 by the .476 calibre (11.6 mm) En ...

, a 19th-century firearm *

Cadbury Adams Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mar ...

, 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; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...

(WADA) *

All Dulles Area Muslim Society All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) is one of the largest mosques in the United States, located in Sterling, VA and serving 5000 Muslim families. ADAMS offers a wide variety of services. Some are of religious nature such as Islamic and Arabic c ...

, a mosque with many locations in Northern Virginia, United States

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