Adamsville in Lampasas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Adamsville
After Townsen died in 1891 in a mill accident, a new post office opened at the Smith and Adams General Store. John T. Adams, first postmaster of Adamsville, and the Rev. McCall Smith were business partners at the store. In the late 1880s, Rev. Smith and 19 charter members met in L. Jasper and Mary Ann Townsen's home to organize Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now Adamsville Presbyterian Church. Samuel and Fannie Straley platted Adamsville in 1908. A newspaper article the following year mentioned Adamsville's ice house, Ladies' Missionary Society, Literary Society, and Woodmen of the World Camp.
Straley's School (c. 1885) was also the church for Baptist and Presbyterian congregations. County commissioners created Adamsville School District No. 15 in 1908 and trustees built a new schoolhouse; a larger 1922 schoolhouse was destroyed by fire in 1942. Adamsville consolidated with Lampasas Schools in 1964. The Adamsville community building was originally a G.I. vocational school for veterans of World War II. J.W. Mitchell organized the Adamsville volunteer fire department about 1967. Adamsville has evolved from a frontier settlement to an active rural community with ongoing events such as church activities, twice-monthly fiddling jam sessions, and community barbecues to welcome hunters during deer season.
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
Erected 2011 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16731.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 31° 17.962′ N, 98° 10.121′ W. Marker is in Adamsville, Texas, in Lampasas County. Marker is on American Legion Memorial Highway (U.S. 281) 0.1 miles south of County Route 204, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16687 US Hwy 281, Lampasas TX 76550, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. John Patterson House (within shouting distance of this marker); United Presbyterian Church of Adamsville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Entrance to Site of Townsen's Mill (approx. 1.2 miles away); 2.5 Mi. East is Birthplace of Stanley Walker (approx. 5.1 miles away); Pearl Baptist Church (approx. 10.9 miles away); Pearl Church of Christ (approx. 10.9 miles away); Pearl Methodist Church (approx. 11 miles away); Pearl School (approx. 11.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Adamsville.
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