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United States Missouri Adair County

	Missouri Online Records

Adair County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1841
County Seat	Kirksville
Courthouse
Address	Adair County Courthouse 106 W. Washington Kirksville, MO 63501 Telephone: (660) 665-3350 Adair County Website

County Courthouse

County Recorder has marriage and land records from 1840:
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; Probate
Clerk has probate records; County Clerk has school enumeration
records^[1]

History

Parent County

1841--Adair County was created 29 January 1841 from Macon County. County seat: Kirksville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Adair County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Knox
• Linn
• Macon
• Putnam
• Schuyler
• Scotland
• Sullivan

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Adair County, Missouri census records online, see: Missouri Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Interactive map of Adair County townships (Histopolis)

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Adair County.

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War Battle was fought in Adair County

• August 6-9, 1862 = Kirksville^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

TheAdair County Historical Society has created an obituary and death notice collection on its website. They have been extrated from the Kirksville Daily Express and cover from March, 1979 through December 31, 2010. There are some additional obituaries taken from the Unionville Republican which are earlier than the listed dates above.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Kirksville Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Adair County, Missouri. Page 397 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)