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  • Adams County, Washington

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Washington. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington . As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,728. The county seat is at Ritzville, and its largest city is Othello. The county is named for the John Adams , second president of the United States. The Governor of Washington Territor...

  • Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania

    In 1761, Irishman Samuel Gettys settled at the Shippensburg-Baltimore and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh crossroads, in what was then western York County, and established a tavern frequented by soldiers and traders. In 1786, the borough boundary was established, with the Dobbin House tavern (established in 1776) sitting in the southwest. As early as 1790, a movement seeking to split off the western p...

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    July 1-3, 1863 This project is devoted to all soldiers of every rank who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, and to the families of those soldiers. This project is less about the conflict than it is about the people who engaged in it. That said, many historians call this battle the turning point of the Civil War. After two years of fighting, the war was practically at a standstill. In May o...

  • Adams County, Pennsylvania

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,407. Its county seat is Gettysburg . The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County , and was named for President John Adams . On July 1–3, 1863, the area around Gettysburg was t...

  • Adams County, Iowa

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Iowa . Official Website Adams County was established by the state legislature in 1851 and named in honor of the second president of the United States, John Adams , or his son, the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams (sources differ). The county was finally organized and separated from Pottawattamie...

  • Adams County, Indiana

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Indiana. Official Website History The statute that mandated creation of this county was passed on February 7, 1835, and the organization itself was authorized on March 1, 1836. Its name honors the sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams . Selection of the county seat was finalized on 18 May of that ye...

  • Greenlawn Memorial Park, Natchez, Mississippi

    This cemetery is located on 106 Morgantown Road, Natchez, Adams County, Louisiana. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Adams County, Mississippi

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Mississippi. Official Website Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi . As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,297. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named for the second president pf the United States, ...

  • Quincy National Cemetery

    Wikipedia Quincy National Cemetery is a small United States National Cemetery located in the city of Quincy, in Adams County, Illinois. Find a Grave

  • Adams County , Illinois

    This project is for those that were born, lived and died in Adams County, Illinois . Illinois with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project Official Website Adams County was formed in 1825 out of Pike County . Its name is in honor of the sixth President of the United States , John Quincy Adams . When it was created, Hancock County was temporarily attached to Adams until it could organize a count...

  • Aurora, Colorado

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Aurora, Colorado. Official Website History Aurora originated in the 1880s, as the town of Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity. He and his partners staked out four square miles east of Denver, but the town - and Colorado - struggled mightily after the Silver Cras...

  • Adams County, Colorado

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Colorado. Official Website In 1902, voters approved creation of Adams County. It was named after Alva Adams , a popular former governor who was in office at the time of this election. Adjacent Counties Weld County Morgan County Washington County Arapahoe County City and County of Denver

  • Adams County, Ohio

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Ohio. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio . Its county seat is West Union. The county is named after John Adams , the second President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Highland County Pike County Scioto County Brown County

  • Tranquility Cemetery, Tranquility, Ohio

    The cemetery is located adjacent to the Tranquility Community Church, in Tranquility, Adams County, Ohio. The private cemetery is under the care of the Tranquility Cemetery Association. Find a Grave

  • Adams County, North Dakota

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, North Dakota. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota . As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 2,343. The county seat is Hettinger. The county was created on April 17, 1907, and organized one week later. It was named for John Quincy Adams (1848–1919), a railroad offi...

  • Adams County, Idaho

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Idaho. Official Website Adams County is a rural county in the state of Idaho . The county seat and largest city is Council. The county was established in 1911 and was named for Second US President John Adams . Adams County is home to the Brundage Mountain ski area, northeast of New Meadows. Adjacent Counties Idaho...

  • Adams County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Nebraska. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska . Its county seat is Hastings. The county was formed in 1867 and organized in 1871. It is named for John Adams , the second President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Hamilton County Clay County Webster County Kearney County

  • Gettysburg National Cemetery

    Wikipedia = Find a Grave The Gettysburg National Cemetery within the Gettysburg National Military Park is an American Civil War cemetery created for Union casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition to reinterments from the Gettysburg Battlefield, the 1863 state-owned "national cemetery" has subsequent sections for Spanish–American War, World War I, and other wars' soldiers and their sp...

  • Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska

    The cemetery is located on 1246 North Elm Avenue, Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska. Find a Grave Billion Graves This cemetery is part of the Cemeteries of Nebraska project.

  • Hampton Meeting House Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania

    This cemetery is located on 5815 Carlisle Pike, Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave

  • East Berlin Union Cemetery, East Berlin, Pennsylvania

    This cemetery is located on 108 3rd Street, East Berlin, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • St. John's UCC Cemetery, Adams County, Pennsylvania

    Saint John's UCC Cemetery is located on 2243 Hunterstown Hampton Road, Straban Township, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave

  • Old Reformed Cemetery, New Oxford, Pennsylvania

    Old Reformed Cemetery, located on 20 South Peters Street, New Oxford, Adams County, Pennsylvania, is also known as the New Oxford Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery . It was located on the site of the present St. Paul's UCC Church. The cemetery was abandoned 1912-13. Some tombstones may still be stored in the basement of the present church. Some tombstones were moved to other nearby cemeteries. Fin...

  • Adams County, Wisconsin

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Wisconsin. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . Its county seat is Friendship. The county was created in 1848 and organized in 1853. Sources differ as to whether its name is in honor of the second president of the United States, John Adams , or his son, the sixth president of the U...

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