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Adair County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 29, 1841
- Named after
- Adair County, Kentucky
- Seat
- Kirksville
- Largest city
- Kirksville
- Total
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 567 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,684
- Density
- 44.6/sq mi (17.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- adaircountymissouri .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Adair
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Kirksville
- Capital
- Kirksville
- Population
- 25314
- Area
- 1475
- Shares border with
- Linn County
- Official website
- adaircountymissouri.com
- Image
- Adair County MO Courthouse 20141022 A.jpg
- Households
- 9078
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- Commons category
- Adair County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Adair County, Missouri
- inception
- 1841-01-29
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Adair County, Missouri
- different from
- Adair County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Adair County
- per capita income
- 24509
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Encyclopedic overview
Adair County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. The population census for 2020 was 25,314. The county seat is Kirksville. The county was first settled by immigrants from Kentucky and organized on January 29, 1841. Adair County comprises the Kirksville, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adair County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.