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A Few Facts About Adams County: Adams County is divided into 12 Civil Townships as follows: Blue Creek, French, Hartford, Jefferson, Kirkland, Monroe, Preble, Root, St. Marys, Union, Wabash and Washington. Adams County was organized March 1, 1836. A large tract of land lying between Allen and Randolph counties had been previously called Adams County, however, no organization had been effected. Decatur is the County Seat. Samuel Johnson offered as an inducement to have the county seat located on his land, the sum of $3, 100, four church lots, half an acre for a public square, one acre for a seminary and two acres for a cemetery. He further agreed to pay the expenses of the locating commissioners, and furnish a house to hold court in until suitable buildings could be erected. The county commissioners promptly accepted the offer "and proceeded to the aforesaid town site, and marked a white oak tree with blazes on four sides, on each of which they individually inscribed their names." Decatur was probably named in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur and in 1849 it had seventy houses ( three of which were brick, twenty-one frame and the remainder of logs ) with a population of about 400.

The Council On Aging is operated by the government of Adams County in Indiana, which has been working since 1836 f or the welfare of the public. The county s health department conducts environmental and food inspections and investigations. The health department also administers various wellness education programs and maintains birth and death records. Adams County s building and planning department maintains record s for new construction and remodeling projects, as well as flood zone maps. The county also operates a parks and recreation department that works for the improvement, development and maintenance of the county s parks and recreational facilities. The parks and recreation department additionally offers leisure services and undertakes beautification projects.