"The Arbor Day Village" - Village of Adams, NY
N 43° 48.249 W 076° 01.446
18T E 417623 N 4850630
This welcome sign is located on Hwy 11 in the Village of Adams and has a lovely picture of a tree on it. Its motto is "The Arbor Day Village" in recognition of resident J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, and the founder of Arbor Day.
Waymark Code: WMCY7Z
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2011
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"Adams is a village located in the Town of Adams in Jefferson County, New York, USA. The population was 1,624 at the 2000 census. The village is named after President John Adams.
The Village of Adams is located in the south part of the town and is south of Watertown.
History
The village was first settled around 1800 and was called Smith's Mills.
The village was incorporated in 1851. The historic core of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 as the Adams Commercial Historic District.
Notable residents of the village
- J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, founder of Arbor Day.
- Henry Benjamin Whipple, first episcopal bishop of Minnesota"
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