 adams township is a township in mower county, minnesota, united states. the population was 475 at the 2000 census. the largest town in the township is adams with a population of 800 people. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land. ==history== adams township was organized in may 1858. by one account, adams township was named by an early settler, william madden, for a friend of his in new york state. by another account, it was named for president john adams and/or his son, president john quincy adams. the first settler, thomas knudtson, came in 1855 and built a log house on his claim in section 2.
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