Adams, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Adams, Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma
Adams, Oklahoma
Adams, Oklahoma
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Adams, Oklahoma is located in the United States
Adams, Oklahoma
Adams, Oklahoma
Adams, Oklahoma (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°45′23″N 101°4′38″W / 36.75639°N 101.07722°W / 36.75639; -101.07722[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyTexas
Area
[2]
 • Total0.51 sq mi (1.31 km2)
 • Land0.51 sq mi (1.31 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
2,841 ft (866 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total148
 • Density293.07/sq mi (113.26/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
73901
Area code580
FIPS code40-00300

Adams is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] The population was 148 at the time of the 2020 census.[3] It is approximately 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of the county seat, Guymon.[4] The community is six miles north-northeast of Optima Lake.[5]

History

The post office opened June 14, 1930. The community was named for Jesse L. Adams, an engineer for the Rock Island Railroad.[6]

Adams was the site of the Adams Woodframe Grain Elevator, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The community and its elevator were both established in 1926. The elevator was unusable from the 1980s, and was condemned because of the danger of its collapse.[4] It was then burned down in 2018.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020148—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adams, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Adams (CDP), Oklahoma". US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Oklahoma Atlas & Gazeteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 16 ISBN 0899332838
  6. ^ Shirk, George H., Oklahoma Place Names, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, p. 4 ISBN 0-8061-2028-2
  7. ^ "Iconic leaning elevator in Oklahoma panhandle is demolished". K. Querry, KFOR-TV, August 22, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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