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Adair County, Oklahoma

Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,286.[1] Its county seat is Stilwell.[2] Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.[3] One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair, one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area.[4]

Adair County
Location within the U.S. state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 35°53′N 94°40′W / 35.88°N 94.66°W / 35.88; -94.66
Country United States
State Oklahoma
FoundedJuly 16, 1907
Named forThe Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.
SeatStilwell
Largest cityStilwell
Area
 • Total577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Land573 sq mi (1,480 km2)
 • Water3.6 sq mi (9 km2)  0.6%%
Population
 (2010)
 • Total22,286
 • Estimate 
(2019)
22,194
 • Density40/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district2nd

History

The county was created in 1906 from the Goingsnake and Flint districts of the Cherokee Nation.[5] There was a decade-long struggle over what town would become the county seat between Stilwell and Westville.[6] When the county was formed, Westville was identified as the county seat, due partly to its location at the intersection of two major railroads: the Kansas City Southern Railway and the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway.[7] The county seat was moved to Stilwell in 1910.[8]

During the Great Depression and World War II, strawberries became a major crop in Adair County. In 1948, the first Stilwell Strawberry Festival was organized. The 2002 festival saw some 40,000 people in attendance.[6]

The 1910 census counted 10,535 residents.[5] By 1990, it was up to 18,421.[5]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 577 square miles (1,490 km2), of which 573 square miles (1,480 km2) is land and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2) (0.6%) is water.[9]

The county is part of the Ozark plateau uplift, the tree-covered foothills of the Boston Mountains.[5] North and central Adair County are drained by the Illinois River and three creeks.[5] Two more creeks lie near Stilwell.[5]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
191010,535
192013,70330.1%
193014,7567.7%
194015,7556.8%
195014,918−5.3%
196013,112−12.1%
197015,14115.5%
198018,57522.7%
199018,421−0.8%
200021,03814.2%
201022,6837.8%
2019 (est.)22,194[10]−2.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13]
1990-2000[14] 2010-2019[1]
 
Age pyramid for Adair County, Oklahoma, based on census 2000 data.

As of the census[15] of 2010, Adair County had a small population relative to its surrounding counties, with only 21,038 people, a large percentage of them, 43.3 percent, Native American. The remainder of the population was 43 percent white, 10.5 percent of more than one race, and 5.3 percent Hispanic or Latino. Less than 1 percent of the population was either Black or African American, Asian, or Pacific Islander, and 2.3 percent were identified as other. This makes it the only majority-minority county in Oklahoma. Adair county had a higher percentage of Native Americans (American Indians) in its population than any other Oklahoma county.[16]

The median age of the population was 36.2 years and two-thirds of the county's population were either under the age of 18 (28 percent) or between the ages of 25 to 44 (24.8 percent). Of the remaining population, 25.9 percent were ages 45 to 64, 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or older, and 13.2 percent were ages 18 to 24. For every 100 females there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.3 males.

There were a total of 8,156 households and 5,982 families in the county in 2010. There were 9,142 housing units. Of the 8,156 households, 31.4 percent included children under the age of 18 and slightly more than half (52.7 percent) included married couples living together. 26.7 percent were non-family, 14.2 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8 percent contained a single individual of 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.25.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,258, and the median income for a family was $32,930. Males had a median income of $28,370 versus $23,384 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,560. About 25.3 percent of families and 27.8 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.8 percent of those under age 18 and 18.7 percent of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of January 15, 2023[17]
Party Number of Voters Percentage
Democratic 3,504 33.52%
Republican 5,508 52.69%
Others 1,441 13.79%
Total 10,453 100%
United States presidential election results for Adair County, Oklahoma[18]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 5,585 78.57% 1,387 19.51% 136 1.91%
2016 4,787 73.50% 1,382 21.22% 344 5.28%
2012 4,381 67.32% 2,127 32.68% 0 0.00%
2008 4,638 69.33% 2,052 30.67% 0 0.00%
2004 4,971 65.99% 2,562 34.01% 0 0.00%
2000 3,503 58.61% 2,361 39.50% 113 1.89%
1996 2,956 45.33% 2,792 42.82% 773 11.85%
1992 2,994 45.48% 2,645 40.18% 944 14.34%
1988 3,558 57.02% 2,624 42.05% 58 0.93%
1984 4,423 65.57% 2,266 33.60% 56 0.83%
1980 3,429 54.08% 2,761 43.54% 151 2.38%
1976 3,013 48.14% 3,183 50.85% 63 1.01%
1972 4,720 73.12% 1,601 24.80% 134 2.08%
1968 2,877 53.02% 1,549 28.55% 1,000 18.43%
1964 2,859 48.77% 3,003 51.23% 0 0.00%
1960 3,655 65.76% 1,903 34.24% 0 0.00%
1956 3,152 56.59% 2,418 43.41% 0 0.00%
1952 3,037 52.71% 2,725 47.29% 0 0.00%
1948 2,407 43.97% 3,067 56.03% 0 0.00%
1944 2,792 50.18% 2,760 49.60% 12 0.22%
1940 3,275 50.51% 3,203 49.40% 6 0.09%
1936 2,699 45.19% 3,257 54.54% 16 0.27%
1932 1,941 33.74% 3,812 66.26% 0 0.00%
1928 2,867 59.35% 1,944 40.24% 20 0.41%
1924 2,317 51.63% 1,942 43.27% 229 5.10%
1920 2,181 57.99% 1,559 41.45% 21 0.56%
1916 1,010 41.72% 1,190 49.15% 221 9.13%
1912 850 44.18% 916 47.61% 158 8.21%
1908 782 47.86% 825 50.49% 27 1.65%

While Adair County has a majority of Democrats among its registered voters, it is unusual as an example of a majority-minority county that votes Republican. No Democrat has won Adair County since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Economy

The county is home to food processing and canning industries; poultry farms; cattle ranches; horse breeders; dog breeders, and strawberry fields.[19]

Communities

 
Map of Adair County

Cities

Towns

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated places

NRHP sites

The following sites in Adair County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

  1. ^ a b . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 15, 2001. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  2. ^ . National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Oklahoma Almanac Online (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
  4. ^ "Stilwell is part of 'Green County Oklahoma'"" February 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Whitaker, Rachel. "Adair County". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Barker, Betty Starr. "Stilwell". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Hill, Luther B. (1910). A History of the State of Oklahoma. Vol. I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 470.
  8. ^ Oklahoma Almanac 2005
  9. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  10. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  12. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  13. ^ Forstall, Richard L., ed. (March 27, 1995). "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  14. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2, 2001. (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  15. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  16. ^ "Oklahoma American Indian and Alaska Native Population by County". Indexmundi. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  17. ^ (PDF) https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/elections/voter-registration-statistics/2023-vr-statistics/vrstats-county-jan15-2023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  19. ^ Adair, Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 (accessed May 22, 2013)

External links

  • Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Adair County
  • Oklahoma Almanac, 2005 - Adair County

Coordinates: 35°53′N 94°40′W / 35.88°N 94.66°W / 35.88; -94.66

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Not to be confused with Adair Oklahoma Adair County is a county located in the U S state of Oklahoma As of the 2010 census the population was 22 286 1 Its county seat is Stilwell 2 Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe 3 One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area 4 Adair CountyCountyAdair County CourthouseLocation within the U S state of OklahomaOklahoma s location within the U S Coordinates 35 53 N 94 40 W 35 88 N 94 66 W 35 88 94 66Country United StatesState OklahomaFoundedJuly 16 1907Named forThe Adair family of the Cherokee tribe SeatStilwellLargest cityStilwellArea Total577 sq mi 1 490 km2 Land573 sq mi 1 480 km2 Water3 6 sq mi 9 km2 0 6 Population 2010 Total22 286 Estimate 2019 22 194 Density40 sq mi 20 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Congressional district2nd Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Major highways 2 2 Adjacent counties 2 3 National protected area 3 Demographics 4 Politics 5 Economy 6 Communities 6 1 Cities 6 2 Towns 6 3 Census designated places 6 4 Other unincorporated places 7 NRHP sites 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe county was created in 1906 from the Goingsnake and Flint districts of the Cherokee Nation 5 There was a decade long struggle over what town would become the county seat between Stilwell and Westville 6 When the county was formed Westville was identified as the county seat due partly to its location at the intersection of two major railroads the Kansas City Southern Railway and the St Louis San Francisco Railway 7 The county seat was moved to Stilwell in 1910 8 During the Great Depression and World War II strawberries became a major crop in Adair County In 1948 the first Stilwell Strawberry Festival was organized The 2002 festival saw some 40 000 people in attendance 6 The 1910 census counted 10 535 residents 5 By 1990 it was up to 18 421 5 Geography EditAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 577 square miles 1 490 km2 of which 573 square miles 1 480 km2 is land and 3 6 square miles 9 3 km2 0 6 is water 9 The county is part of the Ozark plateau uplift the tree covered foothills of the Boston Mountains 5 North and central Adair County are drained by the Illinois River and three creeks 5 Two more creeks lie near Stilwell 5 Major highways Edit U S Highway 59 U S Highway 62 State Highway 51Adjacent counties Edit Delaware County north Benton County Arkansas northeast Washington County Arkansas east Crawford County Arkansas southeast Sequoyah County south Cherokee County west National protected area Edit Ozark Plateau National Wildlife RefugeDemographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 191010 535 192013 70330 1 193014 7567 7 194015 7556 8 195014 918 5 3 196013 112 12 1 197015 14115 5 198018 57522 7 199018 421 0 8 200021 03814 2 201022 6837 8 2019 est 22 194 10 2 2 U S Decennial Census 11 1790 1960 12 1900 1990 13 1990 2000 14 2010 2019 1 Age pyramid for Adair County Oklahoma based on census 2000 data As of the census 15 of 2010 Adair County had a small population relative to its surrounding counties with only 21 038 people a large percentage of them 43 3 percent Native American The remainder of the population was 43 percent white 10 5 percent of more than one race and 5 3 percent Hispanic or Latino Less than 1 percent of the population was either Black or African American Asian or Pacific Islander and 2 3 percent were identified as other This makes it the only majority minority county in Oklahoma Adair county had a higher percentage of Native Americans American Indians in its population than any other Oklahoma county 16 The median age of the population was 36 2 years and two thirds of the county s population were either under the age of 18 28 percent or between the ages of 25 to 44 24 8 percent Of the remaining population 25 9 percent were ages 45 to 64 12 9 percent were 65 years of age or older and 13 2 percent were ages 18 to 24 For every 100 females there were 100 1 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98 3 males There were a total of 8 156 households and 5 982 families in the county in 2010 There were 9 142 housing units Of the 8 156 households 31 4 percent included children under the age of 18 and slightly more than half 52 7 percent included married couples living together 26 7 percent were non family 14 2 percent had a female householder with no husband present and 26 8 percent contained a single individual of 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 77 and the average family size was 3 25 The median income for a household in the county was 27 258 and the median income for a family was 32 930 Males had a median income of 28 370 versus 23 384 for females The per capita income for the county was 13 560 About 25 3 percent of families and 27 8 percent of the population were below the poverty line including 36 8 percent of those under age 18 and 18 7 percent of those age 65 or over Politics EditVoter Registration and Party Enrollment as of January 15 2023 17 Party Number of Voters PercentageDemocratic 3 504 33 52 Republican 5 508 52 69 Others 1 441 13 79 Total 10 453 100 United States presidential election results for Adair County Oklahoma 18 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 5 585 78 57 1 387 19 51 136 1 91 2016 4 787 73 50 1 382 21 22 344 5 28 2012 4 381 67 32 2 127 32 68 0 0 00 2008 4 638 69 33 2 052 30 67 0 0 00 2004 4 971 65 99 2 562 34 01 0 0 00 2000 3 503 58 61 2 361 39 50 113 1 89 1996 2 956 45 33 2 792 42 82 773 11 85 1992 2 994 45 48 2 645 40 18 944 14 34 1988 3 558 57 02 2 624 42 05 58 0 93 1984 4 423 65 57 2 266 33 60 56 0 83 1980 3 429 54 08 2 761 43 54 151 2 38 1976 3 013 48 14 3 183 50 85 63 1 01 1972 4 720 73 12 1 601 24 80 134 2 08 1968 2 877 53 02 1 549 28 55 1 000 18 43 1964 2 859 48 77 3 003 51 23 0 0 00 1960 3 655 65 76 1 903 34 24 0 0 00 1956 3 152 56 59 2 418 43 41 0 0 00 1952 3 037 52 71 2 725 47 29 0 0 00 1948 2 407 43 97 3 067 56 03 0 0 00 1944 2 792 50 18 2 760 49 60 12 0 22 1940 3 275 50 51 3 203 49 40 6 0 09 1936 2 699 45 19 3 257 54 54 16 0 27 1932 1 941 33 74 3 812 66 26 0 0 00 1928 2 867 59 35 1 944 40 24 20 0 41 1924 2 317 51 63 1 942 43 27 229 5 10 1920 2 181 57 99 1 559 41 45 21 0 56 1916 1 010 41 72 1 190 49 15 221 9 13 1912 850 44 18 916 47 61 158 8 21 1908 782 47 86 825 50 49 27 1 65 While Adair County has a majority of Democrats among its registered voters it is unusual as an example of a majority minority county that votes Republican No Democrat has won Adair County since Jimmy Carter in 1976 Economy EditThe county is home to food processing and canning industries poultry farms cattle ranches horse breeders dog breeders and strawberry fields 19 Communities Edit Map of Adair County Cities Edit Stilwell county seat Towns Edit Watts WestvilleCensus designated places Edit Baron Bell Bunch Cave Spring Chance Cherry Tree Chewey Christie Elm Grove Elohim City Fairfield Greasy Honey Hill Lyons Switch Marietta Mulberry Old Green Peavine Piney Proctor Rocky Mountain Salem Titanic Watts Community former Wauhillau West Peavine Zion Other unincorporated places Edit Ballard LyonsNRHP sites EditMain article National Register of Historic Places listings in Adair County Oklahoma The following sites in Adair County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places Adair County Courthouse Stilwell Breadtown Westville vicinity Ballard Creek Roadbed Westville vicinity Buffington Hotel Westville Golda s Mill Stilwell Opera Block Westville Rev Jesse Bushyhead Grave WestvilleReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adair County Oklahoma a b State amp County QuickFacts United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on May 15 2001 Retrieved November 8 2013 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 Oklahoma Almanac Online PDF Oklahoma Department of Libraries Stilwell is part of Green County Oklahoma Archived February 7 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 14 2014 a b c d e f Whitaker Rachel Adair County Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Oklahoma Historical Society Retrieved June 13 2010 a b Barker Betty Starr Stilwell Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Oklahoma Historical Society Retrieved June 13 2010 Hill Luther B 1910 A History of the State of Oklahoma Vol I The Lewis Publishing Company p 470 Oklahoma Almanac 2005 2010 Census Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau August 22 2012 Retrieved February 18 2015 Population and Housing Unit Estimates Retrieved October 26 2020 U S Decennial Census United States Census Bureau Retrieved February 18 2015 Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library Retrieved February 18 2015 Forstall Richard L ed March 27 1995 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Retrieved February 18 2015 Census 2000 PHC T 4 Ranking Tables for Counties 1990 and 2000 PDF United States Census Bureau April 2 2001 Archived PDF from the original on March 27 2010 Retrieved February 18 2015 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved May 14 2011 Oklahoma American Indian and Alaska Native Population by County Indexmundi Retrieved December 28 2020 PDF https oklahoma gov content dam ok en elections voter registration statistics 2023 vr statistics vrstats county jan15 2023 pdf a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org Retrieved March 28 2018 Adair Oklahoma Almanac 2005 accessed May 22 2013 External links EditEncyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Adair County Oklahoma Digital Maps Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Oklahoma Almanac 2005 Adair County Coordinates 35 53 N 94 40 W 35 88 N 94 66 W 35 88 94 66 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adair County Oklahoma amp 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