Adams County

Founded: November 28, 1883

Adams County Sheriff's Office 210 West Broadway Ritzville, WA 99169 Phone: 509.659.1122 Web Site Send Email

Adams County is named is in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams.  As of 2007, the estimated population was 17,600.  The county seat is at Ritzville, and its largest city is Othello.

Adams County was formed out of Whitman County on November 28, 1883.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,930 square miles, of which, 1,925 square miles of it is land and 5 square miles of it (0.25%) is water.  The population density is 8 per square mile.

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