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'''Adams''' is an unincorporated community in eastern Texas County, Oklahoma, United States.<ref name=gnis/> The population was 148 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Adams%20CDP,%20Oklahoma|title= Adams (CDP), Oklahoma |publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2023}}</ref> It is approximately {{convert|20|miles|km}} east-northeast of the county seat, Guymon.<ref name="News4">[http://kfor.com/2017/08/16/oklahomas-leaning-tower-the-old-adams-grain-elevator-is-in-a-gravity-defying-slow-motion-fall/ 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.</ref> The community is six miles north-northeast of Optima Lake.<ref>''Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 16 {{ISBN|0899332838}}</ref>
==History== The post office opened June 14, 1930. The community was named for Jesse L. Adams, an engineer for the Rock Island Railroad.<ref>Shirk, George H., ''Oklahoma Place Names'', Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987, p. 4 {{ISBN|0-8061-2028-2}}</ref>
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.<ref name="News4"/> It was then burned down in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kfor.com/news/iconic-leaning-elevator-in-oklahoma-panhandle-is-demolished/ |title= Iconic leaning elevator in Oklahoma panhandle is demolished |publisher=K. Querry, KFOR-TV, August 22, 2018|accessdate=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |align= right |2020= 148 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> | align-fn = center }} {{clear left}}
===2020 census===
As of the 2020 census, Adams had a population of 148. The median age was 28.7 years. 35.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 7.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.9 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A00300&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL"/>
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A00300&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
There were 56 households in Adams, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 62.5% were married-couple households, 16.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
There were 58 housing units, of which 3.4% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0% and the rental vacancy rate was 0%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A00300&in=state%3A40|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=January 31, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> ! Race !! Number !! Percent |- | White || 76 || 51.4% |- | Black or African American || 0 || 0% |- | American Indian and Alaska Native || 2 || 1.4% |- | Asian || 0 || 0% |- | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0% |- | Some other race || 47 || 31.8% |- | Two or more races || 23 || 15.5% |- | ''Hispanic or Latino (of any race)'' || 102 || 68.9% |}
==Education== It is in the Hooker Public Schools school district.<!--UNI 15090--><ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40139_texas/DC20SD_C40139.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Texas County, OK|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=2025-10-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40139_texas/DC20SD_C40139_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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{{Texas County, Oklahoma}} {{authority control}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Oklahoma Category:Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma Category:Oklahoma Panhandle Category:1926 establishments in Oklahoma Category:Populated places established in 1926
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