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Adair County, Missouri

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21historic places

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1841formed

25,314pop. 2020

42cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Kirksville, Novinger, Adair.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adair County Courthouse	Kirksville	Building	1978
Bear Creek Baptist Church	Kirksville	Building	1984
Cabins Historic District	Novinger	District	1979
Dockery Hotel	Kirksville	Building	1983
First Presbyterian Church	Kirksville	Building	2017
Grim Building	Kirksville	Building	1979
Harris, Capt. Thomas C., House	Kirksville	Building	1973
Journal Printing Company Building	Kirksville	Building	2011
Kirksville Courthouse Square Historic District	Kirksville	District	2009
Laughlin, Drs. George and Blanche, House	Kirksville	Building	2014
Lincoln School	Kirksville	Building	2017
Masonic Temple	Kirksville	Building	2010
Salisbury School	Kirksville	Building	2017
Smith, Dr. E. Sanborn, House	Kirksville	Building	2009
Smith, Orie J., Black and White Stock Farm Historic District	Kirksville	District	2001
Sojourners Club	Kirksville	Building	2014
St. Mary's Church	Adair	Building	1974
The Princess Theatre	Kirksville	Building	2026
Thousand Hills State Park Petroglyphs Archeological Site	Kirksville	Site	1970
Travelers Hotel	Kirksville	Building	2009
Trinity Episcopal Church	Kirksville	Building	2008

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Adair was formed in 1841 (1841-01-29) from unknown / original county.

ADAIR created from Non-County Area 24.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Adair County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,342	8,531	15,190	21,728	21,404	20,246	19,689	20,105	24,870	24,977	25,314

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

42 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Baden Springs Cemetery	40.18752	-92.74991
Bear Creek Cemetery	40.2417	-92.62536
Bragg Cemetery	40.04195	-92.54878
Branstutter Cemetery	40.30394	-92.83191
Brashear Cemetery	40.14392	-92.37407
Broyles Cemetery	40.24581	-92.76414
Campbell Cemetery	40.21653	-92.76608
Canaday Cemetery	40.06836	-92.62935
Cater Cemetery	40.14669	-92.53213
Cheeseman Cemetery	40.10256	-92.84258
Collett Cemetery	40.21039	-92.68641
Cox Cemetery	40.34187	-92.80773
Daniels Cemetery	40.23617	-92.83578
Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery	40.19555	-92.58888
Gibbs Union Cemetery	40.10305	-92.43191
Hall Cemetery	40.11735	-92.76651
Highland Park Cemetery	40.19086	-92.55713
Indian Hill Cemetery	40.04482	-92.68091
Indian Hill Cemetery (historical)	40.05948	-92.68019
Lutz Cemetery	40.17891	-92.6938
Maple Hill Cemetery	40.16697	-92.56935
Megrew Cemetery	40.2778	-92.76158
Morelock Cemetery	40.31066	-92.82379
Mount Moriah Cemetery	40.20858	-92.72212
Nineveh Cemetery	40.27091	-92.69294
Novinger Cemetery	40.24947	-92.70547
Oak Grove Cemetery	40.25233	-92.53089
Ownbey Cemetery	40.17187	-92.59847
Park View Memorial Gardens	40.16697	-92.5613
Paultown Cemetery	40.16099	-92.35585
Pinkerton Cemetery	40.14119	-92.70902
Pratt Cemetery	40.13664	-92.76338
Prough Cemetery	40.14613	-92.67686
Richardson Cemetery	40.25876	-92.45999
Ringo Point Cemetery	40.18658	-92.82954
Salisbury - Parcels Cemetery	40.14682	-92.6914
Shaver Cemetery	40.0783	-92.56535
Shibleys Point Cemetery	40.31655	-92.76209
Shoemaker Cemetery	40.04094	-92.61324
Sloans Point Cemetery	40.16919	-92.66408
Stukey Cemetery	40.10269	-92.55744
Waddill Cemetery	40.22138	-92.53984

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Lindersville	40.09447	-92.70547
Nefy	40.15392	-92.70159
Trinity	40.34031	-92.45102

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Kirksville	420	1.9 km	MO013

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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