Adams County, County in North Dakota, United States.
Adams County spans 989 square miles of semi-arid rolling hills in southern North Dakota, with the city of Hettinger serving as its administrative center.
The county was established on April 14, 1907, and named after John Quincy Adams, a Milwaukee Road Railroad official related to the sixth US president.
The population of Adams County reflects strong German and Norwegian heritage, with these ancestries representing over 70 percent of resident backgrounds.
The county maintains a network of highways including US Route 12 and North Dakota Highways 8 and 22 connecting its various townships and communities.
In 1923, the Adams County Twister became one of North Dakota's most severe tornadoes, resulting in eight fatalities and twenty injuries.
Location: North Dakota
Inception: April 14, 1907
Capital city: Hettinger
Shares border with: Hettinger County, Harding County, Perkins County, Grant County, Sioux County, Bowman County, Slope County, Corson County
Website: https://adamscountynd.com
GPS coordinates: 46.09000,-102.53000
Latest update: April 4, 2025 11:01
Thunder Butte
99.5 km
Enchanted Highway
37.6 km
Assumption Abbey
90.4 km
Richardton meteorite
62.8 km
Heart Butte Dam
79 km
Bowman-Haley Dam
56.5 km
Fort Dilts
98.3 km
Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
48.7 km
Lemmon Petrified Park
33.9 km
Dickinson Museum Center
91.7 km
Saints Peter and Paul Church
104.9 km
Initial Rock
104.6 km
Golden Valley Norwegian Lutheran Church
39.2 km
Hotel Brown
107.8 km
German Evangelical St. Johns Church
97.8 km
Dickinson Public Library
90.5 km
Hettinger County Courthouse
35.3 km
Stark County Courthouse
90.3 km
Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church
63 km
Cedar Creek Bridge
23.8 km
Original Slope County Courthouse
74.9 km
Carson Roller Mill
82.9 km
Adams County Courthouse
12.7 km
Peace Valley Evangelical Church and Cemetery
45 km
Faith
91.1 km
Sims Lutheran Church
109.7 km
Petrified Wood Park & Museum
33.2 km
Neuburg Congregational Church
62.4 kmReviews
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