Tuesday, May 15
Settled: 1739.
Incorporated: 1878 (as a town); 1895 (as a city).
Named for: Samuel Adams, American Revolution leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Massachusetts.
Population: 14,681 (U.S. Census, 2000); 14,417 (City Census, 2006); 16,000 (mayor's estimate)
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