Adamsville is a predominantly

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on the west side of city

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. It is located where

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and Interstate 285 meet on the west side. The entertainers

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, A.K. Shay and Stevie-the-Steve-Man Corby came from Adamsville. The skating rin
Cascade Skating Fun Center
in the movie '' ATL'' is located in Adamsville. In the year 2000, the city of Atlanta parks and recreation department started construction on a new recreation center. It was finished in 2003 at the price of $13.1 million. The recreation center is known as the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center. The building features an indoor 50-meter pool and a gymnasium and is 10 times larger than the existing Adamsville Recreation Center. The new C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center was built on of land. The recreation center also includes racquetball courts, offices, meeting space, a parking lot for 185 cars and a quarter-mile-long (400 m) walking trail circling the site.Dispatch Automated Publishing Solutions

History

Founded as a farming village, Adamsville was possibly named for early resident G. W. Adams, who farmed there in 1882 when it was called Lick Skillet. The name was changed to Adamsville in 1906. Kenneth K. Krakow, ''Georgia Place-names:Their History and Origins'', p.232, 3rd Ed., 1975, Winship Press (Macon, Georgia)
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