Adams is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee, United States.

[5] Adams developed in the late 1850s as a station on the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad (later part of the L&N system).

By the late 1880s, Adams was home to several stores, a flour mill, two churches, and a school.

[6][7][8] During the 1920s, Adams began to receive a steady flow of automobile traffic due to its location along U.S. Route 41, which was one of the main roads linking the Chicago area with Florida.

[11] The city is situated in northwestern Robertson County at the intersection of U.S. Route 41, which connects Adams with Springfield to the southeast and Guthrie, Kentucky, to the northwest, and State Route 76, which connects Adams with Clarksville to the southwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 624 people, 210 households, and 138 families residing in the city.

17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.