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Place Name
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Adams
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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9,445 (1990)
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Location
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Berkshire County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°38'N
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Longitude
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73°07'W
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Adams
, town (1990 pop. 9,445), Berkshire co., NW
Mass., in the Berkshires, on the Hoosic R.; 42°38'N 73°07'W. Mfg.
(chemicals, textiles, paper prods.). The Berkshire region attracts
tourists year-round. A Society of Friends meeting house (built 1782) is
the site of annual Quaker meetings. Susan B. Anthony b. here. Mount
Greylock State Reservation; Savoy Mt. State Forest. Inc. 1778.
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