Adams, Texas: A Brief History and Overview


By: Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl

Published: November 1, 1994

Adams is twenty miles northeast of Eldorado and four miles east of Farm Road 2084 in eastern Schleicher County. By 1903 the settlement was the focus of a common school district; in 1947 it was made part of the Schleicher County rural high school district. A few scattered houses marked the community on county highway maps in the late 1940s, and in the 1980s maps showed a community center in the area.

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Schleicher County Historical Society, A History of Schleicher County (San Angelo: Anchor, 1979).

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, “Adams, TX (Schleicher County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/adams-tx-schleicher-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HRAEY

November 1, 1994

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Place
Adams
Currently Exists
No
Place Type
Town
USGS ID
1379315
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Schleicher County
Coordinates
  • Latitude: 30.93461540°
  • Longitude: -100.26480860°

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