Adair County, Missouri

county in Missouri, United States of America

Adair County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 25,314.[1] The county seat is Kirksville.[2] The county was founded on January 29, 1841, and named for Governor John Adair of Kentucky.[3]

References change

  1. "QuickFacts: Adair County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 200.