Adams, Oklahoma
Adams is a rural unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is about 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of the county seat, Guymon, Oklahoma.[2] The community is six miles NNE of Optima Lake.[3] The post office opened June 14, 1930. The community was named for Jesse L. Adams, engineer for the Rock Island Railroad.[4]
Adams | |
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  Adams Location within the state of Oklahoma  Adams Adams (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°45′23″N 101°4′38″W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Texas |
| Elevation | 2,841 ft (866 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 182 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 73901 |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
It is the site of the Adams Woodframe Grain Elevator, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The community and its elevator were both established in 1926. The elevator has been unusable since the 1980s, and is now condemned because of its danger of collapse.[2] It was then burned down in 2016.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adams, Oklahoma
- Culver, Galen. "Oklahoma’s Leaning Tower: The old Adams grain elevator is in a gravity defying, slow-motion fall." News4. August 18, 2017. Accessed December 10, 2017.
- Oklahoma Atlas & Gazeteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 16 ISBN 0899332838
- Shirk, George H., Oklahoma Place Names, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, p. 4 ISBN 0-8061-2028-2
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