• Adams Corner is an unincorporated community in Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Adams Corner bears the name of Daniel Adams, a local pioneer...
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    Adams County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,737. Its county seat is Quincy. Adams...
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    Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (or Sally Adams) (22 February 1805 – 14 August 1848) was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published...
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    Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library, is a building designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Adams Memorial Library was...
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    Illinois (/ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ IL-in-OY) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi...
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    Quincy (/ˈkwɪnsi/ KWIN-see) is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States, located on the Mississippi River. The population...
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  • The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various...
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    "Pierce" when he had a bar mitzvah at age 13. Adams graduated from the Armour Scientific Academy (now Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1899, attended...
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    west on Adams. The current "End Historic Illinois U.S. Route 66" markers are located on Jackson (eastbound) and the "Start Historic Illinois U.S. Route 66"...
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    Peoples Gas Building (category 1911 establishments in Illinois)
    Building at 122 South Michigan Avenue on the corner of Adams Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The 265-foot (81 m) 21-story office building...
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    in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,820 and it contained 1,140 housing units. The southwest corner of...
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  • OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois known simply as Children's Hospital of Illinois is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's hospital...
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    Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October...
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  • Beverly Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States. Beverly is about 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Quincy in the southeast corner of Adams County. The...
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    1905 Mary W. Adams House, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie School home that was constructed in Highland Park, Illinois. The Adams House is a two-story...
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  • communities in Illinois, arranged in alphabetical order: Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References Adair Adams Aden Adenmoor...
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    County Historical Society. 146-149. James N. Adams, comp. 1989. Illinois Place Names. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society. 389-390. source...
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    is the county seat of Kendall County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb/exurb of Chicago, Illinois. The population was 23,835 as of the...
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    4 km) northeast of Patton and 1.75 miles (2.82 km) east-northeast of Adams Corner. According to the 2010 census, Allendale has a total area of 0.31 square...
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    and structures National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Illinois "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic...
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  • Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal...
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  • Whiteash, Illinois "Boundary Changes". Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2016. James N. Adams, comp. 1989. Illinois Place...
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    Naperville North High School (category Public high schools in Illinois)
    located at the corner of Ogden Avenue and Mill Street in the northern-central part of Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United...
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    Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents...
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    Deerfield is a village in Lake and Cook counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A northern suburb of Chicago, Deerfield is located on the North Shore,...
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    Richard F. Newcomb House (category Houses in Adams County, Illinois)
    Newcomb House is a historic house located at 1601 Maine Street in Quincy, Illinois. The house was built in 1890-91 for Richard F. Newcomb, the founder of...
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  • Quincy Senior High School (category Schools in Adams County, Illinois)
    the regional public high school for Quincy, Illinois. It is the largest high school in Adams County, Illinois, and the only high school in Quincy Public...
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  • miles south of Illinois Bend in far northeastern Montague County. The settlement was established circa 1925 and named for E. G. (Cap) Adams. It was still...
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  • Marshall Field's (category 1852 establishments in Illinois)
    known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's...
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    Allendale Bellmont Keensburg Adams Corner Cowling Friendsville Lancaster Maud Odgen Rochester Wabash County is one of 17 Illinois counties that use the term...
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