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Adair County, Kentucky

 TOWNS
Absher - Barnett Springs - Bliss - Breeding - Cane Valley - Casey Creek - Chance - Christine - Coburg - Columbia  Craycraft - Crocus - Cundiff - Dunbar Hill - Ella - Eunice - Fairplay - Feathersburg - Flatwood - Gadberry - Garlin Gentrys Mill - Glens Fork - Gradyville - Holmes - Inroad - Joppa - Kellyville - Keltner - Knifley - Milltown
 Montpelier - Neatsville - Nell - Ozark - Pellyton - Pickett - Portland - Sparksville - Toria - Weed

County Seat: Columbia
Year Organized: 1801
Square Miles: 412

Formed out of Green County in 1801, the county is named after John Adair, commander of Kentucky troops in the Battle of New Orleans and Governor of Kentucky.

adairco
County Courthouse

The county seat is Columbia, Kentucky.

Adair was the 44th Kentucky county formed, created from Green County on December 11, 1801 and formed in 1802. It is named for General John Adair - Governor of Kentucky 1820-1824. Located in the eastern Pennyrile region and western Appalachian areas of the state, the main waterway is the Green River. This county runs along the Cumberland and Great Lakes Trail

Its current boundaries were settled in 1860. The county took land from Green County and from Cumberland County in 1805. It gave up land to Metcalfe County and Russell County when it was formed. It lost land to Wayne County in 1804 and to Casey County in 1844.

 

Adair County is a prohibition or completely dry county.

Many of the families in county are related! Early families of this county include:

Abrell, Antle, England, Estes, Firkins, Hurt, McKinney, Morrison, Stotts, Trabue,  and Williams.


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Website Updates:
Dec 2023: 1890 Vet Census for Columbia and Neatsville
Mar 2023: Birth Notices for Bailey, Books, Bryant, Conover, Hadly, Hall, Kimbler, McGaha, Pollard, Webb, Wilson
Mar 2022 : 1850 Census District 1 page 8, Blair obit, many news items
Sept 2021: Deaths for 1852-1859 Through E Transcribed by BW added,  Marriage Notices for Squires-Coffey, Obituaries for  Lititia Adams, Sarah E. Willis, Annie J. Grider,  1850 Census pages 5 -7 added for District 1,  Cemeteries List Updated, Accident News Added - Judd Family, Article about Last Surviving Civil War Veteran Added
June 2021:
Marriage notice for Bennett-Jones, Obits for Montgomery, Strangex2, Birth notice for Wilson, Sick list for Medaris and Harper, Biography for Joseph Coffey.
Feb 2021:
Marriage notices for Banks, Cundiff, Sears, Cain, Cheatham, Epperson, Herriford, Read, McDaniel, Gill, Roe, Reece, Sneed, Feidler, Whitlock, Many visiting news items and obit for Medaris, Milam, Shirley, Frazer, Dickerson, and Wheat.
Sept 2020:
Obits for McKinney x 3, Cundiff, Banks. Marriage notices for McKinney, Stotts, Janye, Barbee, Williams, Estes, Bios Biggs and Roach. Accident news.
Jun 2020:
1850 census dist 1 page 4 added, Obits for Stotts, Antle, and Todd families added, Old Todd Graveyard added.
Dec 2019:
Birth Notices from 1909. Obits for Antle, Janes, Corbin, Whitlock, and Tutt
Mar 2019:
1818 & 1831 Pensioners added, 1850 Census page 3, Obits Tarter,Dickson
Nov 2018:
1850 Census dist 1 page 2 added.
Aug 2018:
Obits for McKinney - Wesley, Mary E., R.H., Lee Roy, James Ray Elroy
May 2018:
1850 census dist 1 page 1 added. Marriage notices added.
July 2017:
Waggener Obit added.
Mar 2017:
9 news items added, Obits for Nancy McKinney and Mary McKinney
Dec 2016:
Mobile friendly! EP McKinney, ME McKinney, and G. Campbell obits added
Previous Updates


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