[2] Adamsville is located at an elevation is 1,450 feet (442 m), on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona.

The town had stores, homes, a post office and a flour mill and water tanks.

Local residents continued to use the original name, causing confusion which existed until 1876, when the post office was discontinued.

It was tied with the village of Apache Pass as the then-second most populous locale in Pima County, behind Tucson, and was the fourth largest recorded community in the entire territory of Arizona.

[8] It was the second-least recorded populated community, tied with the village of Plomosa, and just ahead of Casa Grande.