Adams County, Wisconsin Genealogy and Family History

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RESIDENTS

Photo Album
Contributed Family Trees
Nels Quam's 100th Birthday
The Notebooks of Sarah Reeves Douglas, circa 1920-1934
A Book of Memories by Anna Hilleboe Christensen (Roch-a-Cri area)
Abstracts of Biographies of Some Pre-1900 Adams County Residents from Memorial and Biographical Record...Columbia, Sauk & Adams Counties, Wisconsin

DEATHS

1850 Mortality Schedule from the Adams County Census
1860 Mortality Schedule from the Adams County Census
1870 Mortality Schedule from the Adams County Census
Adams County Death Index through 1920 in progress
Adams County Times Obituary Index, 2000 - 2006
Selected Adams Co. Residents' Obituaries
Selected Obituaries in the Wisconsin GenWeb Archives (statewide)
Adams County Times Obituary Index, 1999 - 2006

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Adams-area Newspaper Resources
Newspaper Articles From Long Ago

LAND OWNERSHIP/AREA HISTORY

Adams County Townships and Legal Land Descriptions
Adams County Place Names & Post Office History
Adams County History from the 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin
Selected Adams County Residents' Biographies from the 1901 County History
Mrs. Ferris recalls the Early Days in Adams County
News Items about the Early Hotels
Adams County History written by Ernest Klicko
Adams County Highway Historical Markers

Adams County is located in the central plains region of Wisconsin. The County Seat is Friendship. Friendship's twin town, Adams, is the only other incorporated settlement in the county.

The rural townships of Adams County Wisconsin are:

  • Adams
  • Big Flats
  • Colburn
  • Dell Prairie
  • Easton
  • Jackson
  • Leola
  • Lincoln
  • Monroe
  • New Chester
  • New Haven
  • Preston
  • Quincy
  • Richfield
  • Springville
  • Strongs Prairie

Some of the unincorporated settlements of Adams County are:

  • Arkdale
  • Big Spring
  • Brooks
  • Cottonville
  • Davis Corners (Glen)
  • Dellwood
  • Easton
  • Grand Marsh
  • Monroe Center
  • New Rome
  • Plainville
  • White Creek.

Adams County, Wisconsin is bounded
On the east by:

On the south by: On the west by: And on the north by: