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Missouri Counties
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Missouri Counties
Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis
County and is referred to as a "city not within a county." |
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Adair County, Missouri
Adair County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kirksville
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 568
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Court House: 106 W Washington Street
County Courthouse
Kirksville, MO 63501-2889
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for John Adair, governor of Kentucky.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Adair County, Missouri
"Adair County was organized January 29, 1841 and was named for Adair County, Kentucky, whence some of the early
settlers came." The county in Kentucky was named for General John Adair of Mercer County, Kentucky, who served as
governor of that state. (Violette, p. 40; Gannett, p. 16; Eaton, p. 201; RECORD OF CHARITON COUNTY, Part
I, p. 11)
Source: Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Brashear |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gibbs |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Greentop |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kirksville
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Millard |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Novinger |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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