Adair County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Founded
- July 16, 1907
- Named after
- The Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.
- Seat
- Stilwell
- Largest city
- Stilwell
- Total
- 577 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 573 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Water
- 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,828
- Density
- 34.0/sq mi (13.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
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Encyclopedic overview
Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,495. Its county seat is Stilwell. Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe. One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair, one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area. Adair County is part of the Cherokee Nation reservation.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adair County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.