Adams City, Colorado Explained

Official Name:Adams City, Colorado
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Colorado#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Colorado##Location within the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name2:Adams[1]
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1903
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Coordinates:39.8267°N -104.9289°W
Elevation M:1565

Adams City is an unincorporated community located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Much of it was incorporated into Commerce City in 1952.

History

Adams City was laid out in 1903, with developers hoping the county seat would be established there; however, Brighton was elected county seat in 1904, and Adams City was vacated in 1922. In 1946 and 1947, Adams County School District 14 was formed from surrounding schools, and Adams City was redeveloped about that time. On 1952-07-08, area residents voted 251 to 24 to incorporate Commerce Town (later renamed Commerce City), which includes southern Adams City.

Geography

Adams City is located at (39.8266528,-104.9288672).

Education

Adams County School District 14 serves the community today.

Notable person

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&gsfn=Antoniella&gsln=Colacito&gss=angs-g&so=2 Lucille M. Colacito profile