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This picture was taken in 1914 at the Harmon family home in the Sano community of Adair County.
 Bessie Lee Martin and unknown friend - Contributed By: Julie Click
 Columbia Public Square, South corner - 1909
Contributed By: Martha Penick Lamkin

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Adair County was Established

Adair was the 44th Kentucky county formed, created from Green County on December 11, 1801. It is located in the eastern Pennyrile region and western Appalachian areas of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 585 to 1120 feet above sea level. The main waterway is the Green River and its tributary Russell Creek. This county runs along the Cumberland and Great Lakes Trail. 

Rev J. Otis Wolford - Baptist Convention

In 1789, Col. William Casey and his wife, Jane (Montgomery), with their family and about 30 other families established the Casey/Butler Fort--the first permanent settlement in what is now Adair County. The county was named for General John Adair, who never lived here, but served with Col. William Casey in early Kentucky government.

The county seat of Adair county is Columbia.

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Our Great Neighbors

 

Green County, Kentucky Taylor County, Kentucky Casey County, Kentucky
Metcalfe County, Kentucky
Adair County, Kentucky
Russell County, Kentucky
  Cumberland County, Kentucky  

 


Thank You

We would like to thank our past coordinators Suzanne Yelton Shephard and Carol Moody and all the other contributors who created and maintained this site for all these years, all their work and your future contributions help to ensure free genealogy information from Kentucky is available to everyone.


 

 I am Randy Cummings, volunteer coordinator for this Adair County, Kentucky site. We hope you enjoy your visit. Please contact us if you have any suggestions or contributions you would like to make.


Page updated July 2023


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