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History of Adair County Missouri

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Missouri Facts:
Tree: dogwood
Bird: bluebird
Flower: hawthorn
Nickname: Show Me State
Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law)
Area (sq. mi.): 69,686
Capitol: Jefferson City
Admitted: 10 Aug 1821




Adair County Facts:

Seat: Kirksville
Established: 1841
Formed from: Unorganized Territory


Some Historic Photographers from Adair county MO

  • Ditwiller
  • Parcell, H
  • Tull, George
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Additional Local History Notes:

The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

ADAIR, a county in N. N. E. part of Missouri, has an area of 570 square miles. It is intersected by Chariton river and by the North Fork of Salt river. The surface presents no great elevations; the soil is generally fertile, adapted to grain and grass. It produced in 1850, 141,370 bushels of Indian corn; 5801 of wheat; 11,157 of oats, and 32,605 of butter. Organized about the year 1840. Capital, Kirksville. Population, free 2298, slaves 53; total 2351.





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