Adams (New York)

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Adams
Commercial street in the old town of Adams
Commercial street in the old town of Adams
Location in New York
Adams (New York)
Adams
Adams
Basic data
Foundation : April 1, 1802
State : United States
State : new York
County : Jefferson County
Coordinates : 43 ° 51 ′  N , 76 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 51 ′  N , 76 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 5,143 (as of 2010)
Population density : 47 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 109.9 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of
which 109.5 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 171 m
Postal code : 13605
Area code : +1 315
FIPS : 36-00210
GNIS ID : 978655
Website : townofadams.com

Adams is a settlement ( town ) in Jefferson County in the US state of New York . At the 2010 census, the settlement had 5,143 inhabitants on 109.5 km². The town was named after the 2nd President of the USA, John Adams , whose term of office ended in 1801, one year before the town was founded.

The main town of the town is the village of Adams, founded around 1800 on North Sandy Creek; about a third of all residents of the town live there (1775 inhabitants, as of 2010). To the north there is a second settlement center, the village of Adams Center, founded around 1816, with almost 1600 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Adams lies in a ground moraine area and is therefore largely flat. The originally thick forest has given way to heavy agricultural use in many areas. There are no significant elevations. The two main watercourses are the North Sandy Creek and Stony Creek , which both drain in a northerly direction into the St. Lawrence River.

Neighboring communities

Lake Ontario Hounsfield Watertown
Henderson Compass card (de) .svg Rodman
Ellisburg Ellisburg
Lorraine 		Lorraine

climate

The average temperatures in Adams are between -12.5 and -1.0 degrees Celsius at the end of January and between 15.0 and 26.5 degrees Celsius at the end of July. This falls below the average temperature in the USA by around 7 degrees.

The rainiest month is September with 10.9 cm of precipitation, the driest February with 6.4 cm. The snowfall season extends from mid-October to mid-May with a peak of 76 cm in January.

history

The history of the town before the arrival of the first colonists is largely in the dark due to the lack of written records. It is known that when the first settlers arrived, today's town was in the northern part of the hunting area of ​​the Oneida , one of the Iroquois tribes .

The settlement began with the division of the land into administrative units; Originally, the state of New York comprised the entire, as yet undiscovered country in the western United States and was increasingly divided into smaller administrative units. So Adams emerged from the area of ​​the town of Whitestown , from which the district of Mexico (now Oswego County ) was spun off in 1792 , which then comprised the entire present-day Jefferson County and large parts of Oswego County. Before the town was formally founded, the land was divided into eleven areas, the so-called Eleven Towns or the Black River Tract (after its location on the Black River ). Adams was formed on April 1, 1802 from areas 7 ( Aleppo ) and 8 ( Orpheus ). Both areas had been sold to land traders in 1796 and divided into sections that were then sold to settlers. In preparation for the settlement, the first clearing of the forest was carried out in May 1800 and a first grain mill was built in 1801 or 1802. The first settlement took place on August 20, 1802, the first school was built in 1803.

On March 1, 1803, the constituent city assembly took place; Another meeting on March 10, 1803 decided the separation of Rodman along the border of Tract 7 and 8. Such divisions were made in the early days of the settlement in order to simplify the administration of the populated areas and to keep the distances short. Rodmans split off on March 24, 1804. After that, the area of ​​the town did not change.

The first settlement center, Adams Village, was created as part of the initial settlement. The administration of the town was settled here and the first shops were opened here. From 1816 another settlement center was built a little north, Adams Center, at that time still under the name Adams Five Corners. Adams Village, which was given its own administration on November 11, 1851, remained more important. At that time it had a post office and a daily stagecoach service to Belleville , Henderson and Worth . The rail connection through the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (RW&O) was, however, led to Adams Center in 1852. As a result, factories were set up in both settlements that processed and packaged agricultural products, such as a machine shop and a cheese dairy (1864), a malt house (1876) and a canning factory (1889).

On April 22, 1853, the Adams Collegiate Institute (between March 24, 1864 and November 16, 1883: Hungerford Collegiate Institute after a major donor, General Solon D. Hungerford) was founded in Adams Village , the forerunner of today's South Jefferson High School was. It served as a preparatory school for college and university students.

There was no fighting here or in the area during the Civil War , but townspeople served in the 67th New York State Volunteer Regiment. Due to the lack of large-scale industry and the focus on agricultural products, the town was not significantly influenced by the industrialization phase of the United States, the First World War or the Great Depression. Contrary to the general trend, there was no escape from the city in the years after the Second World War, as can be seen from the steadily increasing population.

religion

The first churches in Adams were in Presbyterian (1827), Baptist (1846), and Episcopal (1849) congregations. Today (as of 2020) there is also a Roman Catholic parish and a parish of the Assembly of God in the village.

Population development

Census results －Town of Adams, New York
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents - ??? 2467 2995 2966 3106 3496 3348 3302 3181
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 3081 3128 3194 3284 3334 3629 3964 4381 4390 4977
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 4782 5143

The town numbers include the following Adams Village population figures.

Census Results - Adams Village, New York
year 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Residents - - - - - 600 1268 1352 1250 1360
year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Residents 1292 1458 1557 1613 1594 1762 1914 1951 1701 1753
year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090
Residents 1624 1775

Economy and Infrastructure

The economy in Adams is very agricultural; other workers are primarily to be found in trade and handicrafts as well as in healing and teaching professions. None of these professional groups has a significant impact on the place. Unemployment was 6.3% in March 2019 (New York average: 4.1%).

traffic

Adams is connected to the outside world by two major roads: New York State Route 11 , which runs north to south through the town, and New York State Route 178 , which runs through town from east to west. In addition, there is a north-south highway, US Highway 81 , with an exit west of the main town of Adams Village. There is also an airfield with a single runway for smaller machines, Butterville Airport.

Public facilities

Adams has a public library. The nearest hospitals are in Watertown.

education

Adams has a middle school with grades 6 to 8 (Clarke Middle School, about 480 students) and a high school with grades 9 to 12 (South Jefferson High School, about 680 students). In contrast, neither a kindergarten nor a primary school are listed in the village. The closest college is in Watertown; other large colleges are located in Syracuse and Oswego.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Micah Sterling (1784–1844), member of the US House of Representatives. Opened a law practice in Adams in 1809.
  • Thomas C. Chittenden (1788–1866), member of the US House of Representatives. Worked as a lawyer in Adams from 1813.
  • Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), revival preacher; Apprenticeship as an office assistant in a law firm
  • Charles S. Millington (1855–1913), member of the US House of Representatives. Bank clerk in Adams.

literature

  • John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860, pp. 355 (English, archive.org [PDF; 63.8 MB ; accessed on February 4, 2020]).
  • Hamilton Child: Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, NY, 1685-1890 . The Syracuse journal company, Syracuse, NY 1890, pp. 209 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 96.5 MB ; accessed on February 4, 2020]).

Web links

Commons : Adams (town), New York  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adams in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System ; accessed on February 4, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d e data on climate, public institutions, education and the economy at CityData
  3. ^ Crisfield Johnson: History of Oswego County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers . Higginson Book Company, 1877, pp. 208 (English): “In 1792 the territory embraced within the present boundaries of this town (Richland) comprised a portion of the old town of Whitestown, Herkimer County. Mexico was set off from Whitestown April 10, 1792. ”
  4. ↑ Population 1820-2010 according to census results
  5. ↑ Only incomplete census data from 1810 as of February 4, 2020 (only economic data without population figures) available online.
  6. ↑ Population 1850-2010 according to census results