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Adams County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- John Adams or John Quincy Adams
- Seat
- Friendship (village)
- Largest city
- Adams
- Total
- 689 sq mi (1,780 km )
- Land
- 646 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Water
- 43 sq mi (110 km ) 6.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,752
- Density
- 32.0/sq mi (12.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .adams .wi .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Quincy Adams
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Friendship
- Capital
- Friendship
- Population
- 20654
- Area
- 1783
- Shares border with
- Juneau County
- Official website
- www.co.adams.wi.us
- Image
- Adams County Wisconsin Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9111
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- Commons category
- Adams County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Adams County, Wisconsin
- inception
- 1848-03-11
- water as percent of area
- 6.2
- native label
- Adams County
- per capita income
- 28386
- different from
- Adams County
- topic has template
- Template:Adams County, Wisconsin
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Encyclopedic overview
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Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,654. 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, John Quincy Adams. The county is considered a high-recreation retirement destination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adams County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.