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Formed April 17, 1907 (47th<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adams County (2,200), Hettinger (1,073)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tan and brown brick 1929 courthouse stands on a square at Adams Avenue, 6th<\/sup> Street North, 2nd<\/sup> Avenue North, and 7th<\/sup> Street North.  United States Highway 12 is Adams Avenue in the town.  Ira L. Rush provided the Federalist Revival designs for the courthouse.  Adams County was organized on April 17, 1907 as the 47th<\/sup> county with Hettinger as the only county seat.  A previous courthouse was built in 1907.  The county is named for Railroad Officer, John Quincy Adams, a cousin of the United States President.  The county seat is named for Hettinger County.  <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams County government consists of a recorder, a sheriff, an attorney, and a treasurer (executive).\u00a0 It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)\u00a0 Four District Court Judges serve Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, and Stark counties and a court clerk serves Adams County<\/a> (judicial.)\u00a0 Adams County is located on the southwest border with South Dakota.\u00a0 Bismarck, North Dakota is northeast and Fargo, North Dakota is east of the county.\u00a0 The county center is 11.7 miles Northeast of Hettinger nearer Haynes.\u00a0 The county is surrounded clockwise by Hettinger, Grant, and Sioux counties and South Dakota and Bowman and Slope counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 988 square miles.  It is 40 out of 53 in the state.  It ranks 45 out of 53 in population in the state.  It has a density of 2.2 persons per square mile making it 40 out of 53 in the state.  <\/a>Adams County has 55.9% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 12 crosses the county from south to west from South Dakota to Bowman County.  The county looks like a flattened State of Utah.  Hettinger is located in the southwest quarter of the county.  Hettinger is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 48.8% of the county population.  The county seat is pronounced HET-TIN-GUR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bucyrus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Haynes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hettinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Reeder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jerry Fager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Formed April 17, 1907 (47th county) Adams County (2,200), Hettinger (1,073) A tan and brown brick 1929 courthouse stands on a square at Adams Avenue, 6th Street North, 2nd Avenue North, and 7th Street North.  United States Highway 12 is Adams Avenue in the town.  Ira L. Rush provided the Federalist Revival designs for the … <\/p>\n

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