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Adams County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- March 1, 1836
- Named after
- John Quincy Adams
- Seat
- Decatur
- Largest city
- Decatur
- Total
- 339.97 sq mi (880.5 km )
- Land
- 339.03 sq mi (878.1 km )
- Water
- 0.94 sq mi (2.4 km ) 0.28%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,650
- Density
- 108/sq mi (42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .adams .in .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Quincy Adams
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Decatur
- Capital
- Decatur
- Population
- 35809
- Area
- 880
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wells County
- Official website
- www.co.adams.in.us
- Image
- Decatur-indiana-courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 12512
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- native label
- Adams County
- water as percent of area
- 0.28
- Commons category
- Adams County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Adams County, Indiana
- inception
- 1836-03-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Adams County, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Adams County, Indiana
- different from
- Adams County
- per capita income
- 22617
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Encyclopedic overview
Adams County lies in northeastern Indiana in the United States and shares its eastern border with Ohio. It was officially established in 1836. The county seat is Decatur. According to the 2020 census, its population was 35,809, an increase of 4.1% from 34,387 in 2010. The county has four incorporated cities and towns with a total population of over 15,000, as well as many small unincorporated communities. The county is divided into 12 townships which provide local services. There are four Indiana state roads in the county, as well as three U.S. Routes and one railroad line. In 2017, about a quarter of the county's population (estimated 8,600) was Swiss Amish that settled in the Southern half of the county around Berne.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adams County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.