Adams County, Indiana

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Adams County Courthouse
Adams County Courthouse
administration
US state : Indiana
Administrative headquarters : Decatur
Foundation : 1836
Demographics
Residents : 34,387  (2010)
Population density : 39.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 880 km²
Water surface : 1 km²
map
Map of Adams County within Indiana
Website : www.co.adams.in.us

Adams County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Decatur .

geography

Adams County is located in northeast Indiana. The neighboring counties are (starting in the north clockwise):

history

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 2264 -
1850 5797 156.1%
1860 9252 59.6%
1870 11,382 23%
1880 15,385 35.2%
1890 20.181 31.2%
1900 22,232 10.2%
1910 21,840 -1.8%
1920 20.503 -6.1%
1930 19,957 -2.7%
1940 21,254 6.5%
1950 22,393 5.4%
1960 24,643 10%
1970 26,871 9%
1980 29,619 10.2%
1990 31,095 5%
2000 33,625 8.1%
2010 34,387 2.3%
Before 1900, 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Adams County was formed on March 1, 1836. It was named after John Quincy Adams , the sixth President of the United States . The district court building, which is still in use today, was built in 1872–73.

Eight structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

About 18.5% of the population in Adams County are Bern-German speaking Amish who have settled in the county since 1840 and are the largest "Swiss German" group of Amish in the county: around 8,600 people live in 58 parishes.

Web links

Commons : Adams County (Indiana)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 450401. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ Amish America - The 12 Largest Amish Communities (2017 ), accessed April 30, 2018
Courthouse in Decatur

Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′  N , 84 ° 56 ′  W