Ames

For people named Ames, see Ames (surname)

Ames may refer to:

Places in the US:

• Ames, Arkansas
• Ames, Colorado
• Ames, Illinois
• Ames, Indiana
• Ames, Iowa, eighth-largest city in Iowa and location of Iowa State University
• Ames, Kansas, an unincorporated community
• Ames, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Ames, New York, a village
• Ames, Oklahoma, a town
• Ames, Texas, a city
• Ames, West Virginia
• Ames Monument, a memorial to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr. located in Wyoming

Places in Europe:

• Ames, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in northern France
• Ames, A Coruña, a municipality in Spain

Other:

• Ames Manufacturing Company
• Ames True Temper, a manufacturing company
• Ames Shovel Shop, a historic manufacturing site
• Ames (automobile), an American brand
• Ames Department Stores Inc., a defunct department store chain based in Connecticut
• Oakes Ames (botanist), an American botanist specializing in orchids, known by the author abbreviation "Ames"

Acronyms:

• Air Ministry Experimental Station, used in radar designations
• AMES (school), Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science, in Salt Lake City, Utah

See also

• Ames Building, considered Boston's first skyscraper
• Ames crater, in Oklahoma, US
• Ames Creek Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa
• Ames family, the family associated with Ames True Temper
• NASA Ames Research Center, a facility in California, US
• Ames Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy national laboratory
• Ames room, a distorted room used to create an optical illusion
• Ames strain of anthrax
• Ames Stradivarius, an antique violin
• Ames Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa, US
• Ames test, a biological assay
• Amesville, Ohio