Adair County, Missouri
Adair County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 25,607.[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
- "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 200.
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