Adamsville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Beaver County,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, United States.
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Geography
Adamsville is at the west end of
Beaver Valley in eastern Beaver County. It lies at the base of the
Mineral Mountains, just northeast of
Minersville Reservoir
Minersville Reservoir is a reservoir in Beaver County, Utah, United States.
History
Minersville Reservoir was created in 1914 by the construction of the Rocky Ford dam, an Embankment dam to impound water from the Beaver River which heads in th ...
along the northern bank of the
Beaver River. Some east across
Utah State Route 21
State Route 21 (SR-21) is a state highway in western Utah, running for in Millard and Beaver Counties from the Nevada state line near Garrison to Beaver.
Route description
SR-21 begins at the Nevada state line as a continuation of Nevada St ...
is the village of
Greenville, and the city of
Beaver
Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...
is about east.
History
Adamsville was first settled in the spring of 1862 by David B. Adams and three other families, who established farms along the Beaver River.
In 1866, residents were temporarily moved to
Greenville for safety during the
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crosse ...
,
but the settlement continued to grow; in 1867 a townsite was surveyed and the town was named Adamsville. In 1868, a community meetinghouse was built. School was held in the building until around 1920.
A post office was established on April 10, 1868.
Previous names for the community were Beaver Creek Iron Works
and Wales.
See also
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References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Beaver County, Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah
Populated places established in 1862
1862 establishments in Utah Territory
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