ADAMS, a town of Berkshire county, Mass., U.S.A., near the north-western corner of the State; including part of the valley of the Hoosac river, and extending from the Hoosac mountains on the east to Mt. Williams (3,o4oft.) and Mt. Greylock (3,505ft.) on the west. It has an area of 23sq.m., and a population of 12,967 in 1920, of whom 3,949 were foreign-born whites; and 12,697 in 1930, Federal census. The principal village, Adams, is on a branch of the Boston and Albany railroad, and is the nearest railway station tor an ascent of Mt. Greylock. It is a busy industrial centre, with cotton, woollen, silk and paper mills. The town (originally East Eloosuck) was surveyed in 1749 and incorporated in 1778. It was named after Samuel Adams, the revolutionary leader. North Adams was made a separate township in 1878.